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Vagabond's Way. By Nancy Price. (John Murray. 6s . net.)—Miss Price's

delightful record of "haphazard wander- ings on the fells" will make a strong appeal to all those who, like herself, "have ever loved the track and the mountain, rather than the road and the dale." Those who know the enduring and consoling charms of that wonderful thirty miles square which stretches from Skiddaw to Coniston Old Man and from Hawes Water to Ennerdale Water will beet appre- ciate Miss Price's enthusiasm. Her record of a happy walking tour in the Lake District is instinct with the joy of earth, and to read it is the next best thing to being on the fells oneself,