The Book of Cricket. By P. F. Warner. (Dent. 7e.
6d. net.)—Mr. Warner has revised and partly rewritten his well- known book, which first appeared eleven years. ago. He has much to say about cricket since the War, and about the Australian players. He takes credit to himself .for discovering the merits of Gregory, who was at an officers' training school in England and was persuaded by the author to play in a charity -match at Lord's. Mr. Warner thinks that there is too much county cricket, so that the players are overworked. We need fast bowlers like Lockwood or Richardson. Mr. Warner takes a very hopeful view of the future of cricket, whieh, he says, has gained in popularity since the Armistice— partly --because many men, while in the Army, learned to play the. game. The book is most readable, and is well illustrated with photographs and diagrams.
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