20 NOVEMBER 1897, Page 13

Spring Time. Edited by Charles Peters. (R.T.S.)—This is a handsome

volume, in which the sights and sounds of spring, the beasts and birds and other living creatures which it calls into fresh activities, the foliage of trees, the blossoming of flowers, and other like things are gracefully described by pen and pencil. We notice among the names of contributors those of J. A. Owen, M. E. Hine, Jessie M. E. Saxby, Agnes Giberne, and Gordon Stables.—To those who like to observe the minute in Nature we would recommend Through a Pocket Lens, by Harry Scherren (same publishers).