1&8 REVIEWS. 



Nature's Fairy Land. By H. W. S. Worsley-Benison. 



(London : Elliot Stock.) 



It is gratifying to learn that this most interesting little book is now in its 

 third edition. 



Sylvan Folks : Sketclies of Bird and Animal Life in Britain. 

 By John Watson. Crown 8vo, pp. 2S6. (London : T. Fisher Unwin. 1889.) 



A series of 16 most interesting chapters, of which all the facts are taken 

 first hand from Nature, and, says the author, " My harvest has been gleaned 

 in the open in all weathers, and through every hour of the day and night." 

 Here we have living birds and animals presented to us in their wild haunts. 



WiNSCOMBE Sketches of Rural Life and Scenery among the 

 Mendip Hills, including the Ornithology and other Natural History of the 

 District. By Theodore Compton. Crown Svo, pp. 207. (London : Elliot 

 Stock. 1888.) 



This little book will prove interesting to readers generally, but to readers 

 residing in the West of England it will prove particularly so. That the writer 

 is thoroughly a naturalist may be gathered from the fact of more than half the 

 chapters bearing such titles as the Wild Beasts ; the Birds, Reptiles, and 

 Fishes ; Butterflies and Flowers, etc. etc. 



The Chess Congress of 1862. Edited by J. Lowenthal ; to 



which is prefixed an account of the Proceedings and a Memoir of the British 

 Chess Association by G. W. Medley. Crown 8vo, pp. xcvi. — 536. (London: 

 George Bell and Sons. 1889.) 



This work will prove of great interest to chess-players, the original edition 

 having been for a long time out of print. It contains 200 fully-played Chess 

 Games, many being illustrated with diagrams, and 296 Prize and other Pro- 

 blems. This collection of Problems embraces all those which gained prizes in 

 the tourney under the heads of "Ordinary Problems," " Suicidal Problems," 

 and " End Games," together with a selection from the finest of the unsuccess- 

 ful ones, and includes the Prize Problems of the Bristol Meeting of 1861. 



The Nine Famous Crusades of the Middle Ages. By Annie 



E. Keeling. Crown Svo, pp. 268. (London: T. Woolmer. 1889.) Price 2s. 6d. 

 The twelve chapters into which this book is divided carry the reader 

 through the eventful history of Peter the Hermit and Pope Urban to that of 

 Saint Louis and the last Crusades. The narratives are told in an interesting 

 iTianner. The book is neatly bound and nicely illustrated. 



The Autobiography of an Acorn, and other Stories. By 



James Crowther. Post Svo, pp. 278. (London : Sunday School Union.) 

 Price 3s. 6d. 



A series of short and interesting stories, eminently adapted to arrest the 

 attention of those for whom they were written. To the Autobiography of an 

 Acorn is added the stories of a Pearl, a Pebble, Gold and Silver, a Honey- 

 Bee, an Ichneumon, a Leaf, a Wheat-Grain, a Feather, a Stomach, a Sun- 

 beam, a Journey. There are some 50 or more good illustrations. 



The Pansy, and How to Grow and Show it. By James 

 Simkins. Crown Svo, pp. 112. (Birmingham: Cornish Bros. London: 

 Simpkins, Marshall, and Co. 1889.) 



