11 DECEMBER 1920, Page 24

Nero : an African Mongrel. By Jane Spettigue. Illustrated by

D. E. Seymour Hayden. (John Lane. 60. net.)—This is the story of a dog of character, told by a lady who loved and appreciated him. The Johannesburg background of these reminiscences gives the book a pleasantly exotic flavour, and the clever black-and-white illustrations complete a very desir- able present for animal-lovers.