11 APRIL 1903, page 24

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this healing we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Oxford at the Cross-Roads. By Percy Gardner, Litt.D. (A. and C. Black.......

The Story Of General Bacon. By A. J. Boger. (methuen

and Co. 6s.)—Anthony Bacon, a descendant of Lord Bacon's brother Anthony, was born in 1796, went to Eton, where he dis- tinguished himself by successfully declining to be......

Two Books Of Educational Opinion.

Studies in the History of Educational Opinion from the Renaissance. By S. S. Laurie, A.M., I e L.D. (Cambridge University Press. 6s.)—Dr. Laurie has given us here an extremely......

My Life Work. By Samuel Smith, H.p. (hodder And Stoughton.

5s. net.)—This is a thick book containing some six hundred pages. The title and the size both suggest the idea of heaviness, but the bZioli is far from heavy or dull. As a......

A Housing Handbook. By W. Thompson. (national Housing...

6s. net.)—This volume contains many useful facts and figures ; but we should not call it a "handbook." It is a powerful statement of the case for housing reform, but not a few......