The Thames : from Oxford to the Tower. By William
Senior. With etchings by F. S. Walker. (Nimmo.)—The lover of the Thames could not visit it in better company than that of the two authors of this book. Mr. Senior has composed a letterpress which is, "without eerflowing, full" of historic and artistic guidance, while he adds a special acquaintance with the river in its practical aspects,—and the "Red Spinner" of the Field is the best of living authorities on the fish and fishing of the Thames, from lamprey to salmon. It is sad, by. the-way, to be reminded that nothing has been heard of the king of fresh-water fish since 1866, and that the salmon caught in the Thames in 1861 and 1862 were probably wanderers from the Rhino. But as long as London is poisoned with its own sewage, it is too much to hope that the salmon will ever resume its habitats there, however many fry are put into its upper reaches. The etchings are beautiful, from the serene grace of Magdalen Tower, which forms the frontispiece, to tho cloudy glory of St. Paul's from London Port, which ends the book. Royal Windsor is the only one that is disappointing.
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