Fish - Tails, and Some True Ones. By Bradnock Hall. (E. Arnold.)—Some
of these angling stories are of the best quality. The Norwegian experiences especially are good. Nor are they mere narratives of catching or losing fish ; the writer feels and has a gift for expressing human interests. The sketches of his two Norwegian attendants, Anders and Eric, are very lifelike. Eric in particular is a very attractive person, with his sympa- thetic ways and racy English. Here is his description of a good pointer " She very good dog to look bird " [the Norwegian has an incapacity, it seems, to distinguish between " look " and "'see ; " she standing on three legs and holding out udder, and not going on." "If any sportsman has a crisper definition," says our author, "I should like to hear it." The book is illus- trated with some good drawings by the writer.
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