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The Battle Cruisers At The Action Of The Falkland Islands.

By Commander Rudolf Verner, R.N. Edited by Colonel Willoughby Verner. (John Bale, Sons, and Danielsson. 42s. net.)—This highly interesting volume contains by far the beat......

Later Essays, 1917-1920. By Austin Dobson. (h. Milford....

net.)—Mr. Dobson has reprinted in this engaging little volume half a dozen essays on eighteenth-century worthies— Thomas Edwards, who in his Canons of Criticism attacked the......

The Constitution And What It Means To-day. By Edward S.

Corwin. (Princeton University Press and H. Milford. Os. 6d. net.)—Professor Corwin's admirable little edition of the American Constittition appears in a revised form. It is......

Au Hands On The Main-sheet I By B. Hecksta11-smith. (grant

Richards. 21s. net.)—The author's reminiscences of yachting and yacht-racing since 1884 make pleasant reading. He is concerned mainly with large yachts, and has a good deal to......

The Scientific Papers Of The Hon. Henry Cavendish, F.r.s....

University Press. 2 vols. £6 net.)—This is the first complete edition of the writings of Cavendish, the eminent scientist, who died in 1810, and whose name is still held in......

These Concise Lists Are Based - Upon Those Recently...

London Mercury, and will interest collectors.......

The Development Of The Leeward Islands Under The...

C. S. S. Higham. (Cambridge University Press. 20s. net.) This able essay shows how interesting our early colonial history may be when it is worked out in detail from State......

Japan And The California Problem. By T. Iyenaga And Kenoake

Sato. (Putnam. 15s. net.)—Two Japanese graduates of Chicago University explain in this interesting book the facts concerning the Japanese in California. There were last year......

A Southern Sketch-book Through Old Sussex. By A. Leonard...

(Homeland Association. 12s. 6d. net.)—Those who know Sussex will be interested in Mr. Summers's pen and pencil drawings of picturesque churches, houses, and bridges in the towns......