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The Life Of Sir Janus Nicholas Douglass, F.r.s. By Thomas

Williams (Lon gmans and Co. 3s. 6d.) —J. N. Douglass was the elder son - of Mr. Nicholas Doug,lase, 'who, after an unfortunate ex- perience in business (caused by the......

Miscslaawsous.—history Of The British Empire. By C. C....

-(J. M. Dent and Co.- as. 6d. net.)—Mr. Green puts battles as much as possible into the background (Sluys, Crecy, Peictiers. and .Agincourb have scarcely a page between them),......

Theolool—text-book For The Three Creeds. By The Rev-...

(Rivingtons. 3s. 6d.) . —This is a useful little manual, containing the information wanted on most points, but not, we think, unsusceptible of improvement. We should like to......

Some Books Of The Week.

reizz r.w. heading we nottce such Books of the wee& as have not been for review in other forms.] The Life of Reklunara. By Percy E. Newberry. (A. Constable and Co.......

Our Fleet To-day. By Captain S. Eardley-wilrnot, R.n....

(Seeley and Co. 5s.)—In this volume Captain Eardley-Wilmot has, by striking out all account of foreign navies and extending the history ok our own, changed "The Development of......

The Constitution And Laws Of Afghanistan. By Mir Mania!...

Mohammad Khan. (John Murray.)—It must be con, fessed that few Englishmen have regarded Afghanistan in the light of a constitutionally governed country. Nor does our author......

'ka Ps.—we Are Glad To See Two More Of Mr.

John Murray's "Handy Classical Maps" (1s. net each). These are Palestine and Germania, both appearing under the editorial care of Mr. G. B. Grundy. The Palestine map illustrates......