21 NOVEMBER 1931, Page 56

It is difficult to give an accurate description of The

Gardener's Chap Book, edited by G. H. M. Cox (Chatto and Windus, 7s. 6d.). It . contains an anthology of poetry and prose, " bits and pieces " . which have struck- the editor's fancy and cover -a wide ground from Andrew Marvell and Abraham Cowley to Blake, Clutton Brock, Walter de In Mare and John Clare. It contains also a collection of vegetable cookery receipts, salads, fruit preserves, home-made wines and herbal cures. Much good advice to gardeneri, great and humble, is-to be found between its covers. It is, in fact, a delicious bundle of oddments, a boon to he bestowed upon chatelaines,- week-end cottagers, or- suburban home-and- garden makers. We cannot guess by which it will be most appreciated.

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