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 400 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. VL NOV. 17, 1900. frequent testimony, is, in its way, indispensable. By leaving out authorities, references, notes, and appendices, all of which can be found in the earlier edition, it has been possible to give in a volume of between four and live hundred pages all that the average student can require. A capital portrait of Henry V111. serves as frontispiece. Other illus- trations—many of them of high interest—are in- cluded, and there is an excellent index. An Old Man'n Holidays. By the Amateur Angler. (Sampson Low & Co.) V n have here another delightful account of summer rambles by meadow and stream by the gentleman thinly veiling his identity behind the name of the Amateur Angler. His latest book covers the period from April, 18U8, to July of the present year, and includes not only pleasant saunters by the Itchen, but excursions to Wales, to Cornwall, and the North Hiding. The style has the old charm rarely to be found except in books dealing with natural objects, and it is hoped, and not to be doubted, that the reader will be lured on to the concluding pages concerning ' Animals of To-day.' One passage that will make sorrowful appeal to the lover of nature is on the scarcity of kingfishers, soon, it is to be feared, to be no longer denizens of English dales. The little volume is charmingly illustrated, and may be hailed as another contribution to the " contemplative man's" delight. King Arthur in Cornwall. By W. Howship Dickin- son, .i. I >. (Longmans & Co.) THOUGH far from being an out-and-out partisan, Dr. Dickinson is a believer in the personal exist- ence of a King Arthur, and has compiled a work which, while putting aside everything that is " obviously or probably fabulous," gives weight to the details of topography that support the theory of his existence. On one point he is strong: that if the great battle of Camlan was fought between Arthur and Mordred, it took place, not in Corn- wall, but in Scotland, at Camelon, on the rivur Carron, in the valley of the Forth. Stress is also laid on the fact that Arthur could not have seen an arch or a stone of the existing building of Tiutagel. which, however, does not necessarily detach him from association with Tintagel, of which, according to an immemorial tradition, he was lord. To do justice to Dr. Dickinson's book requires a knowledge and an enthusiasm kindred with his own. It is well written and agreeably illustrated. Man. By A. Clutton-Brock. (Bell & Sons.) Tms series of "The Great Public Schools" is keeping up a good level. The author in this case has an easier task than his predecessors, because there are plenty of Etoniana to rely on for material. He has used Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte's ' History and Mr. Sterry's more recent 'Annals' of Eton with advantage. In fact, his earlier history of the school and the illustrations given of the buildings are all that could be required. In modern matters his work seems rather thin. The aim of the series we believe, is to attract old boys as well ai parents desiring information. Now we doubt if oh Etonians will hnd enough about old boys who dis tinguished themselves in work or play. We miss for instance, any record of a man like H. C. Good hart, famous alike at football and scholarship. Tht other members of this series rightly gave a page o wo to distinguished old boys. Mr. Clutton-Brock's reference to Eton cricket of to-day, where it does go into detail, is unfortunate. Mr. C. M. Wells, who supervises that sport, is a bowler of excep- ional skill, as the averages show, and a good bat no. He would, however, hardly be recognized as 'the famous Cambridge wicket-keeper." There jught to be a list of the present masters, and the ndex is rather scrappy. FBOM the Oxford University Press Mr. Frowde tas issued in varying forms, all attractive, Keble's 'In i--ii"i' Year and A Kempis's Imitation of Christ. I'ln' text, of the latter lias been carefully revised, and is absolutely faithful to the original Latin, no word or phrase having been altered in the interests of any school or party. Some desirable changes of arrangement have been made, and some noteworthy and serviceable additions in the shape of indexes, to., are to be discerned. Jtotius to <&0rr£sj)0nJmit». We must call special attention to the following ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for pub- ication, but as a guarantee of good faith. WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. 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