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Nero : An African Mongrel. By Jane Spettigue. Illustrated By

D. E. Seymour Hayden. (John Lane. 60. net.)—This is the story of a dog of character, told by a lady who loved and appreciated him. The Johannesburg background of these......

The Enchanted Forest. By Violet Bmdby. Illustrated By...

R.I. (Milford. 3s.. 6d. net.)—This is an excellent story, told with Miss Bradby's accustomed cleverness and charm. She knows well how to draw distinct and interest. log......

Awakening. By John Galsworthy. Illustrated By R. H....

7s. 6d. net.)—Here we have a few episodes in the life of a little boy of eight years old, vividly realized, and described with great charm. The setting is a pre-war country......

Sun Babies. By Cornelia Sorabji. Studies In Colour By G.

H. (Mackie. 7s. Od. net.)—In these beautifully written sketches of Indian life Miss Sorabji brings the curious charm of her "baby friends," as she calls them, very vividly......

Illustrated Books.

MR. A. Tnonsognsr's fine work on British Mammals (Longmans, £10 10s. net), the first volume of which has appeared, while the second is to be published in the New Year, would be......

Some Books Of The Week.

(Haim in this column does not necessarily pracluds shhirMmal trriricl Year Books of Edward II. VoL XVIIL Edited by W. C. Bolland. (Quaritch for the Selden Society. 52s.......

Irish Fairy Tales, By James Stephens (macmillan, 15s....

a most entertaining collection. "The Boyhoed of Fionn " and "The Birth of Bran," for example, are drawn from familiar folk-tales, but the treatment here as elsewhere is peculiar......

Wonders Of Animal Life. By F. Martin Duncan, F.r.m.s.,...

and S. T. Duncan. (Milford.)—Under this general title there is a series of capital little books of which we have before us : Animal Life in Africa, Animal Life in the East,......

Fair Folk Of Many Lands. Told By Agnes M. Papa.

Illus- trated by Frank C. Papa. (S.P.C.K. 6s. 6d. net.)—This is a collection of folk-tales, beginning with the story of a knight of Brittany and ending with a modern English......

Our Glorious Empire. By Donald A. Mackensie. (blaclde-...

nct.)—This is an interesting book, and the task of com- pressing such a subject into one volume, without being foolishly vague or terribly dry, has been successfully faced by......