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Messrs. Dulau and Co. also send us a new edition (the fifth) of North Devon 
and North Cornwall , by Mr. C. S. Ward. We once practically tested this 
book very severely in an expedition along the sea coast from Clifton to the Land’s 
End, and found that it was most admirable in its practical utility. The new 
edition is distinctly improved, some new and excellent maps are supplied, and in 
many instances the results of the recent survey are given in advance of the much 
wanted i-inch revised Ordnance maps. We cannot leave these “ Thorough Guide” 
series of Messrs. Dulau without giving the result of our own experience of many 
years ; whenever we have broken new ground in the British Isles, we have always 
enquired first of all whether there was a “ Thorough Guide” for the locality. If 
there was, we have invariably found it much superior to any other which came 
into our hands. 
A most careful manual, which ought to sell by tens of thousands to the British 
paterfamilias when he is engaged on the solution of his annually recurring prob- 
lem of “Where shall we go this autumn?” is Seaside Watering Places (L. 
Upcott Gill). The book is cheap, comprehensive, and so far as we have tested 
it, wonderfully accurate, considering the very large amount of information' con- 
veyed. In some cases interesting information as to the fauna and flora of the 
locality makes the work doubly useful to Selbornians. The name of the editor of 
Seaside Watering Places is not given, but he deserves high praise for the in- 
dustry and ability displayed in the compilation of what is practically a cyclopaedia 
of the watering places on the English coast, dealing impartially with their often 
conflicting claims for supremacy. 
We have also received the Tourist's Guide to Derbyshire , by R. N. Worth, one 
of a very useful series of county guide issued by Edward Stanford. Useful summaries 
are given of the botany, palaeontology, and geology of the county, and attention is 
directed to all the spots of special interest and beauty which abound in Derby- 
shire, as, for example, the Valley of Miller’s Dale, a plea for the protection of 
which, by Miss Ellen Hibbert, appeared in the May number of Nature Notes. 
The map which accompanies the guide is on too small a scale, and we have failed 
to find in it several places for which we looked. 
We have been gradually approaching the metropolis in our selection of locali- 
ties for holiday makers. The last book on our list only comes in that place 
because it deals with a spot which is practically part of London itself. Hamp- 
stead Hill, by Professor J. Logan Lobley is a very pretty, nicely illustrated 
book, and one which is sure to be most useful to all nature-lovers who are not 
too grand to “spend a ’appy day at ’Ampstead,” in the study of the natural 
history of that beautiful suburban spot. To most Londoners it will be a startling 
surprise to find that they may, almost at their own doors, find material for the 
discussion of interesting geological problems, and for very varied exploration both 
in the zoological and botanical domains. Mr. Lobley himself deals ably with the 
structure, materials and sculpturing of the Hill, and gives us much incidental in- 
formation on the fossils of the London clay. Mr. J. E. Halting, an eminent 
ornithological authority, supplies a thoroughly trustworthy account of the birds of 
Hampstead, founded to some extent upon that given in his well-known Birds of 
Middlesex. The Rev. F. A. Walker and Mr. H. T. Wharton are responsible for 
less valuable guides to the insect fauna, and the flora of Hampstead. The book is 
an example of a really good idea well carried out, and we should be glad to 
see similar works published with reference to many similar localities in the neigh- 
bourhood of London. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Wild Nature Won by Kindness, by Mrs. Brightwen, Vice-President of the 
Selborne Society : T. Fisher Unwin. [A notice of this work, which is for many 
reasons most interesting to Selbornians, is, for the present, unfortunately crowded 
out on account of the great pressure on our space. Reviews of several other 
works have been for some time in type.] 
