12 DECEMBER 1903, page 24

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] SOME RECENT BOOKS ON THE FISCAL QUESTION.—Trade and the Empire. Four......

The Reformation Settlement. By F. Mcmullan And Guy Ellis....

and Co. is. 6d.) —The compilers of this epitome give the titles and objects of the statutes which were passed by Parlia- ment between 23 Henry VIII. (1532) and the 35 Elizabeth......

We Have Received Voli. Of The Hibbert Journal, Edited By

L. P. Jacks, M.A., and G. Dawes Hicks, M.A. (Williams and Norgate, 12s. 6d. net). It is described as "a Quarterly Review of Religion, Theology, and Philosophy." We wish it all......

A Gay Charmer. By L. T. Meade. (w. And R.

Chambers. 6s.) —Shirley Kendal comes to the country home where Julia Cairns is the only child. She is beautiful, lively, and accomplished, and she makee Julia fearfully jealous.......

If Any "little People," By The Neglect Of Parents And

guardians, do not know Mark Lemon's story of The Enchanted Doll: a Fairy Tale for Little People (1s. 6d. net), illustrated, as it had the special good fortune of being, by......

In The "start In Life" Series (hodder And Stoughton) We

have three volumes to notice,—Guide to the Civil Service, by John Gibson (3s. 6d.) ; Guide to the Legal Profession, by a Lawyer (3s.) ; Journalism as a Profession, by Arthur......

A " Gift-book" Well Worth The Giving, If The Receiver

is competent to appreciate it, is The Life of Christ, by F. W. Farrar, D.D. (Cassell and Co., 10s. net). We have criticised Dean Farrar's work with some freedom in the Spectator......