7^evie7vs and Book Notices. 



In his book !Mr. Wcataorill has doubtless rescued and preserved much 

 valuable material tiiat would otherwise have perished — material which 

 will be much more appiTciated in years to come than it is to-day. The 

 history of the Whitby shipping is so inse]iarably connected with the ship- 

 ping of Hull and other ports, that ihe ]-)resont work should have, and 

 doubtless will have, a much wider circulaiion than that of an ordinary 

 local book. By far the greater part of the \ ohime is devoted to a catalogue 

 of the sailing vessels of Whitby. Otlu r chapters deal with Whitby ]~)iers, 

 lighthouses, etc.. v. iiale-fishing. Captain Cook and his vessel-^, llic Scorcsbys, 

 Geo. Ciiambers, Wintby traders, tugs, life-boats, etc. Tiu- boolc is well 

 illustrated In- rcj^rod notions from photogra]:)as of drawings of the old 

 whalers, old Wiiitby, it^ piers, etc. (one of these illustrations is given liere- 

 with by the courtsey of the publishers). For tlie better printing of these, 

 glazed paper is used, resulting in a rather weighty volume for its size, and 

 one which cannot well be read in bed ! 



The Enchanting North, by J. S. Fletcher. London : Eveleigrh Nash. 

 253 pp., price 2/6. 



A Book about Yorkshire, by J. S. FJetcher. London : Methueu & 

 Co. 370 pp., price 7 6 net. 



Almost simultaneously Mr. Fletcher has produced two handsome 

 volumes wiiich will doubtless do much to popularise ' the playground of 

 England ' — Yorkshire, and the counties to tlte north. Both volumes are 

 admirably produced, both are well illustrated by charming coloured plates, 

 as w-ell as by photographs. One (tlie Yorkshire Volume) has a map on which 

 no railwavs are shewn ; the other contains a large folding map which 

 clearly indicates how well a certain railway company can convey the 

 holiday-maker to a \ariet3- of scenes — mountain, moor, and cliff, which 

 should surely satisfy the demands of even the most particular, 



Witli regard to ' Tlie Enclianting North,' this is cheap as a picture- 

 book alone. There are no fewer than eighteen coloured plates from oil 

 paintings and water colours, by well-known artists ; twelve pen-and-ink 

 sketches, and seventy photograpiis. Two of the first — views which will 

 be familiar to most of our readers — we are permitted to reproduce (plate 

 XXX. and xxxi.). Tiie volume is in four parts : (i) Yorkshire ; (?) Teesdale, 

 Weardale and the Durham Coast ; (3) Westmorland and Cumberland ; 

 and (4) Northumberland. In eacli of tiiese sections Mr. Fletcher has 

 chosen for description the most interesting and most beautiful places, and 

 has also included just those pieces of information with which a tourist 

 likes to be acquainted w^hen visiting an enchanting region. For example 

 on referring to tlie Yorkshire watering-places, the author writes : ' there 

 is a nice and almost a humorous gradation about the sea-side resorts. Of 

 the principal four, Bridlington is popular and Bank Holidayisli ; Whitby 

 is grave, literary, artistic and aristocratic ; Filey is just the place for 

 honeymooning couples, old maids and families ; Scarborough is Filey, 

 Whitby, and Bridlington all rolled into one,' We are now wondering 

 W'hether to go to Filey or to Whitby for our next holiday. The greatest 

 attraction of ' The Enchanting North,' however, is its cheapness. It 

 must be in anticipation of an enormous sale, which it certainly warrants. 



In ' The Book about Yorkshire ' tiie writer adopts a scientific method, 

 which is quite an agreeable change from the usual guide-book plan, where 

 an author usually plays the honey-bee and flits from flower to flower, 

 drawing wiiat he can from each. ' A Book about Yorkshire ' is a delightful 

 series of essays, each complete in itself, and each dealing with the county 

 as a whole, from some particular aspect : — the Yorkshire Castles ; the 

 Making of the INIinsters ; Picturesque Yorkshire ; Literary Associations 

 of A^orkshire ; Eccentricities and Celebrities, etc., etc. 



The book opens with an account of the Palaeolithic hunters, and we are 

 entertained with a comparison between palseolithic and neolithic life in 

 the county. We have still to learn, however, of undoubtedly palaeolithic 

 remains in Yorkshire, notwithstanding the fact that elsewhere in the volume 



N'aturalist, 



