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for use in agricultural colleges and found himself inevitably driven to the language 
of the fourth Georgic. It is pleasant to see the reproductions of some of the 
quaint illustrations from old hee books, such as the madrigal printed, like that 
in Walton’s “Angler,” with the two parts in two directions on the page so that 
both singers may use the same book ; and Mr. Edwardes’s modern plates, one of 
which we are kindly permitted to reproduce, are fine specimens of photographic 
printing. 
Flowers and Plants for Designers and Schools. Photographed from Nature by 
Henry Irving. With Text and Notes by Edward P'. Strange. 12 X 8A in. 
Pp. 96. Ilodder and Stoughton. Price los. 6d. net. 
The scientific and artistic value of Mr. Irving’s photographs is now well 
known. Ilis subjects are carefully selected, and in the present work not for 
mere beauty or perfection of development, but for suitability for design. Many 
of the plates are too large for reproduction here, and their number makes the 
volume in its serviceable buckram binding a very cheap book. We should have 
liked to see more of the plants used by the old craftsmen included, such as the 
(tomegranate and the “ Chardon Roland” {Eryngium campestre). We have 
seen the latter extensively employed by Norman architects in a region where the 
plant itself is abundant. Mr. Strange’s brief introduction is apposite, though he 
should not have suggested (p. 12) that Mycence is the site of Troy ; but the scraps 
of folk-lore and old herbals in the notes might, we think, have been advan- 
tageously replaced by more technical suggestions. 
Evesham and the Neighbourhood. By the late William Smith. Second Edition, 
Revised by E. A. B. Barnard. With Notes on the Flora, &c. , by T. E. 
Uoeg. Illustrated by E. II. New and B. C. Boulter. 7| X 4J in. Pp. 202. 
Homeland Association. Price fid. net. 
In our notices of the publications of the Homeland Association we have often 
implied, if we have not stated, our opinion totiaein 7 >erbis, that this Association 
has started a new era in guide-books. We remember many an excellent local 
guide in days gone by, with well-written arclneological accounts of old buildings, 
illustrated by atrocious wood-cuts, et voilii tout : but now we have the archteological 
matter as well done as before, illustrated from photographs or by drawings of 
real artistic value, such as those of' Mr. New and Mr. Boulter, and in adciitinn 
almost every conceivable requirement is catered for with e<]ual thoroughness. 
The literary associations of a district are not overlooked, pleasant walks in the 
environs are described and cycle rides further afield, a sketch of the natural 
history of the neighbourhood is generally given, sport is by no means overlooked, 
churches, chapels and schools are often enumerated, a bibliography of local 
history may be added, and in addition to all this, in volumes issued in stiff 
covers at fid. or a is., a folding map reduced from the Ordnance Survey is 
irrcluded. 
Evesham is a town with a history, the seat of an ancient abbey and the scene 
of two important battles, one in each of two of our great perioris of civil war. 
It is also rich in beautiful buildings of various dates, and forms the centre of 
a region full of archa;ological and picturesque interest. Stratford-on-Avon, 
Worcester, Tewkesbury, Malvern and Elmley Castle are all well within reach 
for the cyclist ; and there ate few more beautiful or more characteristically 
English districts than the valley of the Warwickshire Avon, the country of 
Shakespeare and of George Eliot, 
The deceased author of this guide and the editor of the present edition have 
most judiciously distributed their space between Evesham itself and its environ.', 
and there are upwards of a hundred illustrations. Among these Messrs. P'lith's 
photograph of Cropthorne is so idyllic in its prettiness as to suggest a work of 
the imagination, whilst Mr. New and Mr. Boulter could not possibly find more 
sympathetic subjects for their pencils than the- old buildings of Evesham. Mr. 
Doeg’s lists of plants and mollusks are interesting ; but that of fossils is, unfortu- 
nately, marred by not a few mis-spelt names. Such a production at sixpence is 
marvellous. 
