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SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK,

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/ran Heald : hero and Humorist. With a Preface by Sidney Dark. (C. Arthur Pearson. 35. Od.)—The late 111r. Heald, a journalist on the staff of the Daily Express, joined the Naval Division at time outbreak of war, gained a commission, and served in Gallipoli, where he was wounded, Afterwards he went to France, volunteered for the Flying Corps, and was shot down and killed while ou patrol last winter. Mr. Dark has colleotod o number of Isis light and comical articles and his cheerful letters from the front, which give us a vivid idea of the hardahips of Gallipoli and leave a pleasant impression of the gallant young author.