Welsh Journals

REVIEW. The Byways of Montgomeryshire by J. B. Willans, with Eighty Illustrations from photographs by the author and a Map. London Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co., Limited, Dryden House, 43, Guard Street, W., 1905. We venture to look upon this introduction to the beauties of Montgomeryshire as the outcome, in part at least, of a suggestion thrown out at one of the annual meetings of the Powysland Club, that those who ha the requisite skill and leisure should provide for the 1 luseum a permanent representation of the most beautiful scenes and the most interesting buildings in the County, and we give to Mr. Willans's book a very cordial welcome. The Sketch Map shows what a large portion of the County he has traversed in search of the historical and the picturesque, and it enables the reader to follow his routes. For Mr. Willans has not been content with merely giving an artist's impressions of the scenes visited, but he has taken pains to collect and hand down a large amount of historic and legendary lore connected with them, so that his book will prove a helpful com- panion to the visitor, who may follow in his steps. One of his best descriptions is, to our mind, his account of Montgomery, and it is a good illustration of his style and Method. Od|is pictures of scenery we think Abermule dingle is tIft best and clearest, and certainly deserves the positi* of Frontispiece; but the views of the Vyrnwy at Llwydiarth, of the Lake Vyrnwy and of Guilsfield Church in the distance, are charming. It is a pity he m'ssed the Falls at Dolanog, probably the most