Beneath Havel/yn's Shade. By Samuel Barber. (Elliot Stock.) —The special
placs, among those that Helvellyn shades, of which Mr. Barber writes is the Valley of Wythburn, part of Crosthwaite parish, and N.B. of Keswick. The author writes pleasantly enough about the aspects of nature, about man, and about manners. He has a chapter on the birds of the district, he tells us about its sheep and its dogs. The volume is not the less interesting because part of the region treated of will shortly be seen no more ; Thirlmere, when raised to the level which the needs of Manchester, present and future, are supposed to demand, will cover no inconsiderable part of the Wythburn Valley. Among the quaint stories told of the dale-folk is one of a certain Fanny Graham. At ninety-three she walked from Lazonby to Plumpton, a distance of five miles. A clergyman met her, and said : "I wonder, Fanny, you don't walk with a stick."—" Stuff o' ye " said Fanny, "it's nought but pride o' ye. I reckon nought of f wok walking wid a stick till they're up in years a bit."
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