2 JUNE 1917, Page 16

Serbski Peame : National Song. of Serbia. By Owen Meredith.

(Chatto and Windus. 2s. net.)—The first Lord Lytton's spirited metrical versions of Serbian ballads and of the lament over the battle of Kosovo, when Serbia was beaten down by the Turk, as it seemed, for ever, well deserved this comely reprint in the " St. Martin's Library," with a prefatory note by G. H. Powell. Lytton did not claim literal accuracy for his verses, but they are pleasant to read, and especially interesting at this time.