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The Tctrikh - I - Tadid, Or New History Of The Bdb. By...

G Browne, 'LILA. (Cambridge University Press.)—There are many people, fairly well-informed people too, in the West who have never so much as heard of the Blibi movement in......

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24 History of the Gold Coast of Africa. By C. B. Ellis. (Chap- man and Hall.)—Colonel Ellis had made the past and present of the Gold Coast a subject peculiarly his own. We have......

Echoes Of Old Florence. By Leader Scott. (t. Fisher Unwin.)

—Mr. Scott thinks that much, possibly too much, hes been written about the art, the architecture, and antiquities of Florence, while the human interest has been neglected. Ac-......

The Eskimos Of Greenland.* One Cannot Imagine A More...

people than the Eskimos, whether we regard them socially or from the naturalist's point of view. They live, as Nansen says, on the verge of existence, waging a perpetual fight......

We May Mention Together Some Technical Books Of Various...

These are :—Building Construction, by Henry Adams (Chap- man and Hall). This volume is intended not for the profession or the trade, the architect or the builder, but as a "key......

The Distribution Of Wealth. By John R. Commons. (mac-...

Commons lectures on Economies and Social Science in the University of Indiana. Hence, his illustrations are mostly drawn from American sources. To a certain extent this fact......