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The Bird As Thinker

Tuts is a study chiefly of the sexual behaviour of certain birds ; and as such it would entitle the author to our gratitude how- ever his material might have been presented, for......

"the Physician's Cooke"

The Mystery and Art of the Apothecary. By C. 3.5. Thompson. (Bodley Head. 12s. 6d.) COUNTRY children, with pricking wrists and legs, still chant :— " Out nettle, in Dock ! Dock......

Some Intimate Memoirs

THE Princess Victoria of Prussia, sister of the ex-Kaiser William II. and grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, has written a most readable book. My Memoirs amble pleasantly along......