12 JUNE 1909, page 25

Professor Knight's Discourses.t

P aorEsson KNIGHT has done well in publishing these dis- e° °rIles. They may be taken as a consecration of the activities, philosophical and literary, with which for many Years......

Longevity.*

Tina "philosophy of long life," as far as practical suggestion lB concerned, may be reduced to the counsel,—" eat and drink as little as possible." M. Finot adds another piece......

Novels.

FRANK BURNET.* Fronk Burnet is not Miss Dorothy Horace Smith's first novel. We have pleasant recollections of a story called Miss Mona which showed decided promise, and that......

How The British Empire Began.*

Mn. G. L. BEER has produced a book oai The Origins of the British Colonial System which not only does credit to his patience in research, but is also a most readable- volume. He......