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The Agricultural Surveyor And Estate Agent's Handbook. By...

(Crosby Lockwood and Son. 7s. 6d. net.)—" A concise yet comprehensive manual of rules, formulas, tables, Ise.," is what the author has given to persons professionally interested......

Country Life, Illustrated. Vol. V. (hudson And Kearns....

is the half-yearly volume of a journal that appeals to "all interested in country life and country pursuits." It is quite im- possible to give any adequate account of its......

Historical French Crammer. By Arebne Darmesteter. Edited...

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Ajar Loquitur. By Robert Weatherburn. (crosby Lockwood...

6d. net.)—This is the story of an old locomotive steam-engine, beginning with its recollection of being inspected by the two Stephensons, father and son, the latter pronouncing......

Holiday Books.—.4 Picturesque History Of Yorkshire. By J....

(J. M. Dent and Co. is. net.)—This issue, Part V., takes in Sheffield, Lower Airedale, and Leeds (this last being unfinished). It is scarcely fair to criticise omissions where......

The Sources Of Archbishop Parker's Collection Of Mss. By...

Rhodes James, Litt.D. (Deighton, Bell, and Co.)— Dr. James has set himself to solve a difficult problem. He has to repair, so to speak, the injuries inflicted by the neglect, or......