THE HIGHLAND TAY.
The Highland Tay from Tyndrunt to Dunkeld. By Hugh Mac- millan, D.D., LL.D. Illustrated by the Drawings of A. Scott Rankin. (Virtue and Co. 15s.)—In this beautiful volume Dr. Hugh Macmillan makes a welcome contribution to that literature of rivers in which his country is peculiarly rich. The Tay is second only to the Tweed in histoi ic memories, and it shows a greater variety of scene in its course than the Border river. From Strathfillan and Glendochart, with their memories of Bruce and his enemies of Lorn, and the still older traces of early Christianity, we come to Loch Tay, with its great mountain ring and its many castles. And then by Kenmore and Aberftsldy we pass into the rich Strath Tay till we reach Dunkeld, one of the keystones of Scotland, where the river loses its Highland char- acter and becomes the broad stream which flows by Perth to the North Sea. Dr. Macmillan's chronicle is full of old tales and proverbs, and much learning about the flora of the valley. He describes scenery and weather with that loving fidelity and true poetic feeling which we have always found in his writings. The book will be welcome to all who have ever known that haunteel countryside. The illustrations seem to us in a high degree simple and effective.
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