4 DECEMBER 1897, Page 14

Scarlet and Blue ; or, Songs for Soldiers and Sailors.

Edited by John Farmer. (Cassell and Co.)—Here we have a hundred songs divided between the Navy and the Army (why not keep the right precedence?) And this is the order which the contents of the volume suggests, for, putting aside the thirteen "Regimental Songs," little more than a third of the rest belongs to the Army. All the old favourites are here, and there are not a few with which we are glad to make acquaintance. The title of the volume and the name of the editor are commendation enough, and we need say no more.