"PLaxT HuxriNe ox Tite Eooe oF Ward for This volume is a record of travel in two remote regions, that of Upper Burmah and of Assam far from railways and civilization. The travels wet primarily in the hope of discovering plants new to horticulture and capable of rearing in Eingland and the author achieve-much success in his desires. He assuredly wields a facile pen has the power of graphic deteription of the regions and of the inhabitants he visited. He makes The songs are quite vepresentative. There is of course the cele-vated "Mademoiselle from Armenlight of his difficulties bat ree between the lines it is easy to sce that only by endurance end a stout burlesque "She was poor but she was honest," neither of which can be recommended for drawing-room entertainment, and other amusing examples of ideas of humour. The really important factor is the tune, fas the authors realize, and as it is, the temptation to quote two examples cannot be resisted, especially as they are free from the objections which can be raised against some already mentioned. For instance, the singing of the following words to the tune of The Church's One Foundation" might be calculated to cheer any platoon on the march:
We are Fred Karno's.ermy, The ragtime Infant We cannot fight, we cannot shoot, What earthly use are. wel And when we pet to Berlin, The Kaiser he will sex, Heed, hech! Mein Cart, What a Lloods: fine lot Are the rastiine infantry!" is farther emphasized by the follow. ing verse:—
We've had no tee We've kad no beer Werte had no beer! come. Though of peculiar interest to those who take a delight in plants and flowers the volume will have a charm to any reader who likes to hear of strange lands and peoples seldom visited. And these lands of Upper Burmah and Assam are almost terra incognita, with their mountains and forests which form the almost impregnable barrier of India on the East. Any invasion in mass from the East was stopped py the forests and the forest dwellers formed a screen between the plainsman and the tacts deseendind from the mountains.
The author makes cut 2 con-vineing case for the traveller m the interests of horticulture ard botany and it will probably surprise most people to realize how many of the flowers and plants now common in England were due to the labours of men who from far off Incds brought plants to rear in the homelands.
There are many excellent photographs of scenery and flowers which add to the enjoyment of the book, which we anticipate will have a wide citole of renders—o.W.k.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.