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The new vol um es of the " Home University

Library" (Williams .and. Norgate, ls. net each) include an excellent brief History .of Scotland; by Professor R. S. Rait; a masterly summary of our knowledge of The Ancient East, by D. G. Hogarth ; a clear account of the Wars between England and America, by Professor T. C., Smith ; and an essay on Political Thought in England from Bacon to Halifax, by G. P. Gooch.