REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
Upper Nidderdale, with the Forest of Knaresborough.* 
Certainly no county has such a wealth of valuable books dealing 
with its history, topography, etc., as has Yorkshire. This is 
largely due to the charms of the county, but is to some extent 
attributable to the number of able writers which the county 
has been able to boast. Amongst the living authors who have 
done so much in praise of Yorkshire, Mr. Harry Speight holds 
a prominent place. His most recent book, ‘ Upper Nidderdale,’ 
_Old Lead Mines, Merryfield Glen. 
is before us, and should do much to make this part of the 
county more appreciated even than it is at present. A little 
over a year ago his ‘ Nidderdale, from New Monkton to 
Whernside,’ was issued, and had a ready sale. The present 
work is practically a reprint of that book, with the exception of 
that part relating to the district below Knaresborough, which 
is now omitted. Whilst it appeals particularly to the antiquary, 
* Being a record of the History, Antiquities, Scenery, Old Homes, 
Families, etc., of that Romantic District. By Harry Speight. Elliot 
Stock, 1906. Pages 368+1xxii. Price 5/- net. 
Naturalist, 
