Naples in the Nineties. By E. Neville-Rolfe. (A. and C.
Black.) —This book provides excellent reading both for the amateur antiquarian and for the lovers of modern Italy. The chapter on "The Buried Cities of the Campania" is especially full of interesting things. It is impossible not to envy Mr. Rolfe the acquaintance of the Italian gentleman whose park contains the necropolis of Suessola, and who can entertain his visitors by having a fresh tomb excavated for their benefit. At this time of year, however, the account of the delightful summer resorts in the mountains of Caserta, the neighbouring province to Naples, will be of more practical interest to people who are looking forward to the Long Vacation. South Italy is not usually overrun with British tourists at this season, but to go to Telese, with its summer hotel, its ice-cold baths of water, alive with carbonic-acid gas, its good bicycling roads, and its climbing in the Apennines, might perhaps be a welcome change from holiday-making in overcrowded Switzerland. Mr. Rolfe has the art of making his readers want to go and see for themselves all the beautiful and interesting things he describes.
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