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Village Life In Palestine. By The Rev. G. Robinson Lees,

B.A. , F.R.G.S., Vicar of St. Andrew's, Lambeth. With 50 Illustrations from Photographs. (Longmans and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This is a very useful and pleasant book. It endeavours,......

Mrs. Er2 - Icker's Reputation. By Thomas Cobb. (alston...

Cobb has not much variety in the subjects of which ha treats. This is not to say that he has no variety in their treatment, but his characters are usually persons in the upper......

C Urrent Literature.

THREE BALKAN BOOKS. The Balkan Question. Edited by Luigi Villari. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d.)—The Burden of the Balkans. By M. Edith Durham. (E. Arnold. 14s. net.)—Trouble in.......

Smalley.

Smalley. By the Rev. Charles Kerry. (Bemrose and Sons. 45. 6d. net.)—Mr. Kerry deserves our thanks for preserving recollections and traditions which might otherwise have......

The Smiths Of Surbiton. By Keble Howard. (chapman And Hall.

6s.)—The chorus of praise with which this little story has. been received in the Press has caused the present writer to re- consider the opinion formed on reading the book......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Muter this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forma.] The Garden City Movement. By G. Montagu Harris. (Garden City Press,......

Yolanda, Maid Of Burgundy. By Charles Major. (macmillan...

6s.)—Those readers who are fond of historical romance will find Yolanda decidedly above the average. Although the mystery of Yolanda's identity is from the first transparent to......

The Tradition Of Scripture. By William Barry, D.d. (long-...

and Co. 3s. 6d.)—It is highly interesting to see what position a Roman Catholic divine to whom the function of teach- ing the teachers of the future has been committed takes up......