Flower-Time in the Oberland. By the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley.
(J. Ma,cLehose and Sons, Glasgow. 5s. net.)—" There is no month "—so does Mr. Rawnsley begin his book—" like the month of May in Switzerland, for May is the month of flowering meadows and blossoming orchards." And he goes on to illustrate this saying with an account of what he has seen there and what others may see. It is not every one that has his Mays at his disposal ; a custom—which, like other customs, has doubtless good reasons for it—bas grown up that there is one holiday-time and
work-time ; but any one that is so happily situated, and is not hampered by other considerations, cannot do better than read Mr. Rawnsley's book. It appears very appositely ; there is plenty of time between now and this month of months to make the necessary arrangements. Mr. Rawnsley, whose gift of description has had many opportunities of exercise nearer home, finds a great wealth of subjects in the Oberland; his text is not a little com- mended by the "Pencil Sketches by Edith Rawnsley." They seem to us somewhat unequal; but they are decidedly effective as illustrations.
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