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Another Volume In The Same Series Is A Bibliography Of

Samuel Johnson, compiled by the late Mr. W. P. Courtney, and revised by Mr. D. N. Smith (7s. 6d. net). It is in reality far more than a mere bibliography, and, owing to the......

Allen And Unwin. 68.)—a Consideration, Under The Guise Of...

of the modern position of women; it is coloured with a superficial optimism.—Beating Back. By Al Jennings and Will Irwin. (D. Appleton and Co. 6s.)—How Mr. Jennings lived as an......

Summer Friendships. By Dorothy Muir. Illustrated By...

Muir. (Grant Richards. 6s.)—There was Jim McClure, who consulted the Contour Road Book and saw to all the practical arrangements, and Betty his wife, lovable, irresponsible......

The Jealous Goddess. By Madge Mears. (john Lane. 6s.) —this

novel seems to be Miss klears's first contribution to fiction ; we rather hope it is, for good and bad are so mingled in it that it would be pleasant to attribute to......

Mr. Charles W. Hale's Book Upon Domestic Science, Of Which

Part I. has appeared (Cambridge University Press, 3s. 6d. net), emphasizes the scientific aspect of the subject. The matters dealt with are largely those which are needed as......

Mr. Filson Young Has Published A Collection Of...

under the title of New Leaves (Martin Seeker, fie. net). The contents of this new book show that Mr. Young has lost nothing of his power of easy and agreeable writing. He can......

Jaunty In Charge. By Mrs. George Wemyee. (constable And Co.

6s.)—Here is an example of the dialogue of Mrs. Wemyse's latest novel "' Shall you put a cow in the fore- ground? One hardly likes to put a bull, because of Paul Potter—but he......

Fiction.

THE PRETENDER:I. Tam is not a story of the '15 or the '45. The bizarre wrapper as well as the sub-title make that sufficiently clear. The pretending in which the hero of Mr.......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice Si au ohms does rot swami-fly preclude nitsequentreoieva The Near East from Within (Cassell and Co., 10s. 6d. net) belongs to the familiar clams of books that may be......

A Volume Has Been Added To The Series Of "

Oxford Historical and Literary Studies" upon Henry Tubbe, by Mr. G. C. Moore Smith (Oxford University Press, 6s. 6d. net). Henry Tubb* was born in 1618 and lived till 1655. He......