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The New Art of Flying, By Waldemar Kaempffert. (Sir Isaac

Pitman and Sons. '7s. net.)—This book, which comes from the other side of the Atlantic, tells us something about the past and much about the present condition of aerial navigation ; it gives some suggestions as to the future. There is a particularly inter- esting chapter on "The Perils of Flying." One foresees a highly interesting development of the business of Lloyd's when the air- men take passengers, and the passengers seek to insure their lives. "The Law of the Air" is another interesting chapter. This concerns both nations and private persons. If a freeholder possesses usque ad cachets., has anyone the right to fly over his land any more than he has the right to burrow under it? Alto- gether a volume full of attractive matter.