Our Old Country Towns. By Alfred Rimmer. Illustrated by the Author. (Chatto & Windus.) RURAL life and scenery have found hosts of admirers, but few champions of the attractiveness of country towns have hitherto appeared. The mention of a country town generally suggests a collection of houses in a remote, inaccessible, rural district, the inhabitants of which are aroused from their slumber by occasional fairs or weekly markets. A country inn conveys the unpleasing idea of an hostelry where fustiness and bagmen predominate, and where damp sheets and bad cookery are combined with exorbitant charges. At the most a country town is visited only as a starting-point for excursions. Mr. Rimmer's charming book, however, proves that country towns deserve a visit for their own sakes, though their attractions are rapidly disappearing. The beauties of many provincial churches are well known, but Mr. Rimmer has also discovered quaint specimens of domestic architecture which vie in picturesqueness with their more familiar rivals in Brittany or on the Rhine, and few continental towns arouse associations which should possess equal interest for Englishmen. Mr. Rimmer is an admirable showman. Learned in local lore, in archæology, and mediæval history, he is instructive without ever being wearisome. His rambles have led him through most of the Midland Counties, Yorkshire, the Fens, and the country of the Cinque Ports. His lively descriptions and his tasteful sketches will excite his readers to follow in his steps, and no more agreeable or useful travelling companion could be found than this pleasant book. Besides a mass of archæological and historical information it contains scattered notices respecting the inns which will be of service to the traveller, for Mr. Rimmer has always noted those where he found good and cheap accommodation. The book is lively, interesting both in subject and treatment, and can be cordially recommended to every class of reader. Archæological Notes on Ancient Sculpturings on Rocks in Kumaon, India.- Prehistoric Remains in Central India.-Rough Notes on the Snake Symbol in India, in connexion with the Worship of Siva-Description of some Stone Carvings Collected in a Tour through the Doab. By J. H. Rivett-Carnac, Bengal Civil Service. (All reprinted from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.) OUR correspondent Mr. Rivett-Carnac has done good service to the cause of Oriental archæology in the researches of which the series of papers before us embody the principal results. The question of rock-carvings, dealt with in the paper at the head of our list, is one of great interest in this country, where a goodly list has already been made out of marks similar in character to some of the Kumaon marks. The great value of these investigations, apart from their special interest to Indian archæologists, consists in the fresh elements they afford for the application to this subject of that comparative method which is more and more being recognized as the true scientific method of study. It is not requisite that we should profess agreement with all the theories put forth or suggested by the writer in order to enable us to commend his papers to the careful study which they deserve at the hands of all who are interested in prehistoric archæology. We should be glad if Mr. Rivett-Carnac were to put his views together in a more connected shape. He has evidently plenty of materials ready to hand. 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