WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE?
What Will the Weather Bet By H. G. Busk. (W. Heifer and Sons, Cambridge. Gd. net.)—This is likely to be a useful little book. The forecasts published in the newspapers are generally trust- worthy—every one must have noticed how much more accurate they have become—but they necessarily have to serve for large regions, and may need local correction. An amateur observer will never omit to consult them, whatever may be his private speculations. A specially valuable part of this volume is the summary of the winds,—i.e., what weather may be expected from each. We should be inclined to add some notes from personal experience. One common phenomenon is the clearing of the weather when the wind veers from the S.W. to N.W.; another that when the N.W. brings bad weather the prospects for the yeas are bad. Of the S.E. we should say that it, more often than any other wind, means fine weather, though rain, once begun, is persistent.
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