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SOME NEW BOOKS. 



HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY. 



Yorkshire Moors and Dales, by A. P. Wilson. London : A. Brown & 

 Sons. 236 pp., price 10/6 net. 



Perhaps a better idea of this book can be gathered from its sub-title, 

 ' A Description of the Moors in North-East Yorkshire.' It goes without 

 saying that the printing and general ' get-up ' of this volume is all that can 

 be desired. It is in clear large type, on thick paper, and the plates are 

 well produced. The book is of the better-class guide-book type, and is 

 evidently the author's impressions after visiting the districts he describes, 

 supplemented by information from the guide-books and local histories. It 

 is in three parts ; the first deals with the north-west, central and eastern 

 moors of north-east Yorkshire ; the second refers to the moors and the 

 moorland roads, dalesfolk and their customs, farming, wild nature, grouse, 

 dialect and place names, etc. ; the tliird section has four yarns, on ' A 

 Bullock Deal,' ' One Prophet More,' ' A Family Feud,' and ' Rodger Dick.' 

 We like the first two parts the best, though the chapter on ' Wild Nature ' 

 is by no means the most satisfactory, and we feel sure the adder is made 

 to be far more fearsome than really is the case. Amongst the illustrations 

 are Falling Foss, Guisborough Priory, Arncliffe Woods, Rievaulx Abbey, 

 Robin Hood's Bay, the Lastingham Crypt, Rosedale, etc. Readers of 

 this journal (and there are many) who visit this charming country, will find 

 Mr. Wilson's book a pleasant companion. We are glad to notice that the 

 author has not yielded to the temptation to open some of the barrows in 

 the district, believing that this work should only be done by experts. 



Nooks and Corners of Yorksliire, by J. S. Fletcher. London : Eveleigh 

 Nash. 304 pp., 2/6 net. 



Tliis book is of a handy size, and with rounded corners ; evidently for 

 use in t'ne pocket, and has a useful map. The fact that it is by Mr. Fletcher 

 is a guarantee of its reliable and chatty nature. It deals with the Great 

 North Road, the River Aire, Derwent, Wharfedale, Nidderdale, Wensley- 

 dale, Swaledale, the Greta and Teesdale, North-East Yorkshire, the Calder 

 and Colne, Sheffield, the Ribble, the Coast, and the East Riding. In fact 

 the volume may be said to be a summary of the well-known ' Picturesque 

 History of Yorkshire,' by the same author. He begins well by giving a 

 list of ' Some Inns and Hotels in Yorkshire,' enumerating eight for Ilkley, 

 two for Hull, and two for York. The work is carefully planned, and will 

 be useful to the tourist visiting the broad-acred slure. 



Yorkshire Folk Talk, by the Rev. M. C. F. Morris, B.C.L., M.A. Second 

 Edition. London : A. Brown & Sons. 438 pp., 4/6 net. 



W'e are glad to be able to call attention to a second and cheaper edition 

 of Mr. Morris's scholarly work, a work which takes a prominent place 

 amongst those dealing with the folk speech of our country. The author 

 is by no means a mere compiler, but has got his information first-hand from 

 the people he so charmingly describes and amongst whom he has spent the 

 greater part of his life. And the book is illustrated by such a large series 

 of stories and quaint sayings that it is bound to be even more popular than 

 its predecessor, especially as the glossary contains no fewer than 600 

 p'nrases and words more than were in the first edition. W^e are tempted 

 to quote many examples of Mr. Morris's illustrations of stories and dialects, 

 but the following, wliich explains how a countryman in Holderness account- 

 ed for the butter being too salt, must suffice : — 



' Whya, t' wasp teng'd t' dog, an' t' dog handled at t' cat, an' t' cat 

 ran owerquart t' staggarth an' flaay'd t' cockerill, an' t' cockerill fligg'd 

 ower t' wall an' flaayed yan o' t' beeos, an' t' beeos beeal'd an' stack it 

 heead thruff t' dairy windther an' flussthered t'lass] seea awhahl sha let t' 

 sau'-kit tumm'l inti t' kennin' o' butther.' 



The glossary alone occupies nearly 200 pages, and is most valuable. 



Naturalist, 



