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NEW EDITIONS.—Prench Profiles ; C. Weal Kit-Eats ; Gossip in

a Library. By Edmund Goese. (William Heinemann. 6s. net each.)—In a copy of verses addressed to R. L. Stevenson, Mr. Gorse once expressed his ambition to be counted among those who handed on the flame of literature from one generation to another. The new collected edition of • Mr. Geese's essays shows how far he has succeeded in fulfilling this ambition. His blend of informa- tion with criticism is always gracefully managed.— The Governance of England. By Sidney Low. (T. Fisher Unwin. 2s. 6d. net.)—This new edition of Mr. Low's excel- lent book has been revised throughout, and contains a new preface in which this accomplished publicist discusses the existing Constitutional situation.—Every Man His Own Builder. By G. G. Samson. (Crosby Lockwood and Son. 5s. net.)—We are glad to welcome a revised edition of this remarkable book, in which an unselfish architect shows "how any man of normal bodily strength can at need build his own house without the aid of skilled labour."—The Truth about the Titanic.' By Archibald Gracie. (New York: Mitchell Kenncrley. $1-25 net.)—The late Colonel Gracie's personal narrative of the Titanic' disaster bears testimony "to the heroism on the part of all concerned," and we are not surprised that so thrilling a story has gone into a second edition.—The New Testament in Modern Speech. By R. K Weymouth. (James Clarke, Is. 9d. net.)—This pocket edition of the New Testament in "everyday English" may be of help to some who wish to have their Bible (as 0. W. Holmes said) "depolarized."