15 OCTOBER 1927, Page 19

To us in England the roads of Pennsylvania can certainly

not be described as well-trodden paths, but the meticulous- ness with which they are examined by Dr. John T. Faris in Old Trails and Roads in Penn's Land (Lippincott, 25s., illustrated) will not greatly appeal `Ito English readers. And indeed could any reader be much thrilled by passages like this ? --" The metropolis of the Upper Schuykill, Pottsville, is only a short distance beyond Orwigsburg. The city, with'its hundred industrial establishments, is of special interest to those who like to see streets varied by the contour of the land " ?