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Nationaliam And Catholicism. By Lord Hugh Coon. (mac-...

net.)—In this able but provocative essay Lord Hugh Cecil disousses the rival views of war as an unmitigated curse and as a necessary evil out of which mush good may come. "Those......

Submarine And Anti-submarine. By Sir Henry Newbolt....

net.)—This is a profoundly Interesting book on the submarine war. Sir Henry Newbolt has had access to the Admiralty's records, and describes for the first time many remarkable......

Tits Submarine In War And Peace, By Simon Lake. (phila-

delphia : Lippincott. $3.)—The well-known American sub- marine-builder recalls in this readable book his early experiences in perfecting his invention and persuading naval......

L' Irlande Enticatte? Par It. C. Escouflairc. (patio:...

fr. 50 e.),--This very able and well-informed little book on the Irish question by an impartial Frenehman is a sign of the times. French writers on Ireland have too often takal......

Worics Or Externem:ye. —debrete A Peerage, Baronetage,...

Companionage for .1919, edited by A. G. M. Heailrige (Dean, 63e, net), is now a massive volume of over three thousand pages, but it stands all the tests for accuracy which we......

The Truth About The Jameson Raid. By J. Hays Hammond

as related to Alleyne Ireland. (Boston: Marshall Jones. 61.) —To recall the story of the Jameson Raid is not exactly intendant renorare dolorem—to revive an unspeakable sorrow—......

The Peace-president. By William Archer. (hutchinsou. 2s....

a very attractive and sympathetic sketch of President Wilson's career. Mr. Archer describes his literary work, and gives sums highly interesting quotations from his minor essays......

Essays And Addresses In War Time. By Lord Bryoe. (mac-

millan. 6s. net)—Of the eight chapters in this thoughtful book, three were written early in tile war to explain our position to the neutrals, three were delivered as addresses......