Surrey. By Walter Jerrold. (J. H. Dent and Co. 4s.
6d.)— This is a volume of "Dent's County Guides," appearing under the general editorship of Mr. G. A. B. Dewar. Mr. Jerrold writes very evidently con amore, as all writers of such books should. The ideal plan would be to entrust each county to a native possessed by the belief that his own shire is the very best in the United Kingdom. The volume consists of three parts. In Part I. we have seven itineraries, the first of which is the "Guildford District" and the last the "Thames Valley." giving the chief points of interest in landscape, historical association, buildings, &c. Part II. contains chapters on "Natural History and Sport." (" Sport," indeed! But where is golf ?) Finally, in Part III. we have a very convenient gazetteer in which the information about various places is summarise d. Altogether this is a very serviceable volume.
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