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Five Stories Of The Sea And An Amphibian

Sea Ventures of Britain. By Commander Tapre.11 Dorling (" Taffrail"). (Collins. 8s. 6d.) ' "An island race, the tang of the sea was in British nostrils as the salt was, and......

Ex Africa

WHEN we say that Mr. Dawson's book belongs, to the same class as Lord Bryce's monograph on South Africa, we are conscious that we are giving - it high praise, yet this high......

'the Teddy' Expedition. By K. R. Dahl. 'pra . Nslated By

: Grace I. Colborn. (Appleton. 12s. 6d.) The author finishes his book with a declaration that he and hi S comrades would be ready to return to Greenland at any moment, Which 1......

The Mind Of The Fish

May fishermen, from the times of the Roman up, have credited different Species OT`fish=or Ought we to say fishes 9— with high intelligence. 'kyle" goes a stage further. He shows......

Dog Days

Dog Days. Selected by Owen Rutter. (Clement Ingleby. 5s.) Ma. OWEN Rtyrrun has been pursuing what he himself calls "the gentle pastime of - doghunting in English verse." He has......

The Last Cruise Of The 'shanghai.' By F. De Witt

Wells. (Hurst and Blackett. 15s.) Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky of the Norse sagas Showed the way to the author and his crew in taking the' Shanghai,' a small ketch, over the......