Within the Arctic Circle. By S. H. Kent. 2 vole.
(Bentley.)— There is little to be said about these volumes. Some years ago it would have given them a special interest that they came from a lady's pen. There is nothing unusual about that now-a-days. Miss Kent suggests that travellers should visit the more northern parts of Norway, and she relates, by way of encouragement, her own experiences, which were indeed sufficiently satisfaCtory ; only it seems that the further you go, the worse are the mosquitoes. We should say that for those who may be intending any such tour this book would be useful. If it were in a more convenient shape, it might not be unprofitably taken about. Unfortunately, what snits the artificial conditions of the lending-library system—which make it pay to have a book as big as possible—will not fulfil the requirements of the guide-book. What does the authoress mean when she says in her preface (p. 1), "My experience testifies to the fact that the Norwegian authorities are as ready to redress the wrongs of foreigners as those of natives?" and in the book (Vol. II., p. 37), " It would be more to the honour of Gamle Norge and her Norwe- gians, that foreign travellers received the same protection and redress for wrongs as are afforded to natives ?"
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