Bruges: An Historical Sketch. By Wilfrid C. Robinson. (l. De
Planke, Bruges. 4s.)—The town of Bruges seems to be very careful of its records, and very much interested in its history. Thanks to this care and interest, and his own industry,......
Mr. Charles A. Lidgey's Wagner (" The Master Musicians...
J. M. Dent and Co., 3s. 6d.) is a great improvement on the opening volume of the series. Within the brief compass of two hundred and fifty pages it is obviously impossible for a......
Hymns Of Modern Thought, With Music. (houghton And Co.) —of
all books a hymn-book is, perhaps, the most difficult to review. Even a single hymn can scarcely be appreciated, either as to the words or as to the music, till we have heard it......
The Magazines.
THE Nineteenth Century is strongly in favour of compulsory military training. Three of the first five articles in the March number are directed in different ways to that as an......
Bullet And Shot In Indian Forest, Plain, And Hill. By
C. E. Russell. (W. Thacker and Co. 10s. 6d.)—It would seem as if the sportsmen of to-day are more inclined than the older genera- tion to enable others to participate in their......
The Earl Of Beaconsfield. By Harold E. Gent. (blackie And
Son. 2s. 6d4—Mr. Gorst's plea for Lord Beaconsfield is able and persua- sive, all the more so because it leaves an impression of candour on the reader. Mr. Gorst concedes that......
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.] From Capetourn to Ladysmith. By G. W. Steevens. (Blackwood and Sons.......
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