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The Prise Essay On The Erection Cf The King Edward

VII.'s Sana- torium for Consumption. By Arthur. Latham, M.D., and A. W. West. (Baillibre, Tindal, and Cox. 5s. net.)—This essay obtained the first of three prizes awarded in a......

The Household Of Faith: Portraits And Essays. By George W.

E. Russell. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Russell appears in this volume, we are glad to say, to advantage. We do not expect to find him sympathetic when he paints the......

Picturesque Old Houses. By Allan Pea. (s. H. Bonfield And

Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—It gives one a good idea of the great wealth which England possesses in the way of "picturesque old houses" to see how many Mr. Fea has mentioned and......

The Unconquerable Colony. By James Henry Cochrane. (john...

6d. net.)—Mr. Cochrane tells, under this title, the story of the Ulster Plantation and of some of its most distinguished citizens. He gives the facts of the settlement in prose,......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The usual quarterly instalment of The Oxford English Dictionary......

The Journal Of Education. (william Rice. 7s. 6d.)—this...

up the excellent tradition of its predecessors. Among the many good things which it contains there is nothing better than the " Notes on Education in 1901," by" An Old Fogey."......

Ancient Coffers And Cupboards. By Frederick Roe. (methuen...

43 3s. net.)—This is a handsome volume, the nature and contents of which we can but very briefly indicate to persons interested in the subject. It deals with these relics "from......

Famous Hymns And Their Authors. By Francis Arthur Jones....

and Stoughton. 6s.)—Mr. Jones has manifestly taken much pains with this book. Perhaps we might say that the most novel feature in it is to be found in the grouped illustra-......