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Jersey : An Isle Of Romance. By Blanch B. Elliot.

Illustrated with . Etchings by H. V. Edge and with a Frontispiece by Edmmed Blampied. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.) . Ina prose which rarely irritates and never delights,......

The Collector.

Glassmaking in England. By Harry J. Powell, C.B.E. (Cambridge University Press. 25e. net.) Glassmaking in England. By Harry J. Powell, C.B.E. (Cambridge University Press. 25e.......

The Ins And Outs Of Mesopotamia. By Thomas Lyell. (a.

M. Philpot. 7s. 6d. net.) Mr. Lyell, for some years after our occupation, served as a civil administrator at Baghdad, when he was assistant- director of Tapu, or what we should......

The Treasure Of Traprain. By Alexander 0. Curie,...

(Glasgow : Maclehose, Jackson and Co. £3 38.) In 1919 the Treasure of Traprain, a hoard of Roman silver believed to be of the fourth century, was discovered on a small hill......

There Are At Present Five Canals In Scotland. The Caledonian

and the Crinan Canals are owned and operated by the State ; the Forth and Clyde, with its two smaller connexions, by rail- way companies. Mr. Pratt, who is a high authority on......

European Hand Firearms Of The 16th, 17th And 18th Centuries.

By H. J. Jackson. (Hopkinson. £4 4s.) This exquisite piece of typography and reproduction, the work of the Chiswick Press, is essentially a volume for col- lectors. There are......

Mr. Curie's " Notes " Are A Little More Than

guide-books and less than essays : they represent an attempt to enunciate the impressions made on his sensibilities by the places he has visited : in this case, Burmah and......