8 NOVEMBER 1902, Page 25

Haunts of Ancient Peace. By Alfred Austin. (Macmillan and Co.

6s.)--A considerable portion of this book having been contributed to the columns of the Spectator some eight years since, we are pre- cluded from noticing it in the way that we should have liked. But the author, we may state, has added a number of lyrics, and Imainfused a dramatic element into the text, which is illustrated by some charming drawings by Mr. E. H. New.