Peter Steele, the Cricketer. By Horace J. Hutchinson. (J. W.
Arrowsmith.)—If "England v. Australia" matches and the like are indeed, as an eminent authority tells us, the "things that Englishmen really care about," here is a book that should take the English public by storm. The story belongs, it is true, to a time when Australia had not yet begun to "advance," and the great match described is the Oxford v. Cambridge. But to every one who loves cricket, whether as a present pleasure or as a recollec- tion, "Peter Steele" will be delightful. Peter himself is a fine, manly fellow, and well deserves the success which he attains in war—i.e., the mimic war of the cricket-field—and in love. We commend the book with more than usual emphasis. It is thoroughly cheerful and wholesome, an inexpressibly delightful change after the nauseous stuff with which the unhappy reviewer is drenched nowadays, while the " new " author writes about the "New Woman," or, worse still, the "New Woman" writes about herself.
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