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NEW EDITIONS.—Mere Literature. By Woodrow Wilson. (Constable and Co. 5s.

net.)—There is nothing but an incon- spicuous copyright notice to show that this collection of essays by President Wilson was published eighteen years ago. We think that such reprints ought to be clearly de- scribed as new editions.—The New Collector's Handbook of Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain. By William Chaffers. (Reeves and Turner. 6s. net.)—This new edition is a summary of the 1912 edition of the larger Chaffers, revised and considerably augmented by Mr. Frederick Litchfield. The collector will find it very convenient for hasty verifications.—The Life of Tames Thomson (" B.F.."). By Henry S. Salt. (Watts and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—A revised edition of one of the most tragic of poetical biographies.— Careers for Our Sons. Edited by the Rev. G. H. Williams. (A. and C. Black. 5s. net.)—The fourth edition, revised up to April, 1914, of a useful summary of answers to the question, " What shall we do with our boys P "—Among readable reprints we may note De Omnibus, by Barry Pain, and Southward Ho ! by Holbrook Jackson, with other volumes in the excellent " Wayfarer's Library " (J. M. Dent and Sons, Is. net each); The Cruise of the Alerte, by E. F. Knight, and Darlasch of the Guard, by H. S. Merriman T. Nelson and Sons, ls. net and 7d. net); A Life's Morning, by George Gissing, (Smith, Elder, and Co., is. net); According to Maria, by Mrs. John Lane, and Arthur's, by A. Neil Lyons (John Lane, is. net each); Alton. of Somasco, by H. Bindloss, and The Bartenstein Case, by J. S. Fletcher (John Long, 7d. net each).