Old Dorset. By R. Cameron Rogers. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—
Dorset is the Dorset of New York State, and it is the life of such a village a generation ago that Mr. Rogers describes in six sketches, each with its story of mingled pathos and humour. Life in these old villages, then strongly reminiscent of the slave- holding days, was of a patriarchal type, and carried on the traditions of English life of the eighteenth century. The tavern was the common meeting place of all classes, and the old coloured folk were known familiarly as " aunt " and "uncle." Those villages still exist in New York State, though the coloured folk are probably gone. Mr. Winter has already described some of these delightful old villages, and readers of Old Dors-t will appreciate the not very un-English character of their village life.
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