2 MAY 1863, Page 23

The Ionian Islands during the Present Century. By Captain Whyte

Jervis, M.P. (Chapman and Hall.)--This timely little volume contains a concise but complete history of the Ionian Islands, from their cession to France by the treaty of Campo Formic), in 1797, to the preFfent time. Captain Whyte Jervis clearly regards the proposed surrender of these islands to Greece with no favourable eye. He reminds us that Mr. Gladstone pronounced against this measure in 1858, and urges that since that time there has been no improvement in the condition of the Greek nation sufficient to warrant the abandonment of the con- clusion then arrived at. His book is worth reading.