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foreign tripper. Herr RudorflF denounces the iniquity of mountain railways, and 
even protests that there are too many roads and too many sign-posts ; he laments 
the loss of the pride of the worker in his work, from the use of machinery to 
make things better made by hand, and the disuse of national costumes ; and he 
urges that a house should express the individuality of its owner, that the State 
should set apart some tracts of national ground to be kept free from all building, 
and should protect rare animals and plants from extermination ; and hnally, that 
a Guild of Home Defence be founded to carry out these views. 
Der Einzelne und seine Kimst: Beitrage zu einer Oekonotnie der Kunst. von 
Robert Mielke. Second edition. Same publisher. 
Though based on a similar lament as to the divorce of industry from art, this 
seems a more temperate and more philosophical essay than that noticed above. 
The author complains that public art, as shown in public buildings, is valueless, 
because it does not spring from any general feeling for art, does not spring from 
the home, but is imposed upon it from without. He instances the ugliness of 
motor-cars and of women’s dress as proofs of the absence of any general artistic 
sense, and he, too, proposes the formation of a society to bring about this desired 
individualism. 
How to make Notes for a Rock-soil Flora : A Lecture by the Rev. E. Adrian 
Woodruffe-Peacock, Vicar of Cadney, Brigg. P'rom the Author ; or Louth, 
J. W. Goulding and Son. Price is., post free. 
This pamphlet — like everything written by its versatile and talented author — 
is well worth reading. With the recent development of ecological botany the 
question of soil-distribution necessarily becomes prominent, and, no doubt, Mr. 
G. E. Merrill’s definite classification is useful, though we do not want his term 
“ regolith,” and do not much admire “ rock-blanket.” Mr. Woodruffe-Peacock’s 
model of systematic tabulation of species according to soil is excellent, but if he 
can remember his ninety or more alphabetical “ sign-contractions,” we cannot. 
We notice that the author has an article in the August number of The Nahaalist, 
entitled “ The Soil Storehouse,” treating of the soil from another point of view, 
viz., as an archaeological repository. 
Field-Path Rambles. Canterbury and Kent Coast Series. By Walker Miles. 
R. E. Taylor and Son. Price 4s. net. 
If you want bracing air you can hardly find a better neighbourhood near 
at hand than north-east Kent, especially if you prefer to walk on the level. The 
numerous windmills among the many pictures in this new volume of Mr. Walker 
Miles’ inestimable series testify to this characteristic of the district. It may be a 
recommendation to cyclists ; but Mr. Miles’ books are purely for the pedestrian ; 
he climbs stiles, crosses fields, and even traverses lanes which may be decidedly 
muddy, where no cyclist would care to follow. This volume has a prefactory 
note on rambling clubs by Mr. J. II. Porter, founder of the P'orest Ramblers’ 
Club, and a very useful index of starting-points, with distances. 
Field-Path Rambles, Series 30. First Part of the Eastbourne Series. By Walker 
Miles. R.' E. Taylor and Son. Price 6d. net. 
We congratulate Mr. Walker Miles on breaking new ground. Re.aders of 
Mr. E. V. Lucas’ charming volume on the “ Highways and By-ways in Sussex,” 
will rejoice in having this first instalment of a detailed guide to rambles starting 
from a favourite watering-place. This series also makes a new departure which 
we are very glad to see, in a concise description of each vilhage at the beginning of 
the volume. Among the fifteen illustrations are Pevensey Castle and the 
Wilmington Giant, visits to which are among the routes described. 
The Homeland Handbooks ; Oxted, Limpsfield and Edenbridge. With their 
Surroundings. By Gordon Home. Homeland Association. Pricebd.net. 
Though perhaps not so remarkable a production at the price as the book last 
noticed, this volume (which is written and mainly illustrated by one man) contain- 
ing, as it does, a map, four plates, and nearly twenty other illustrations, is an 
