Of The American Oil-wells Sunk In Accordance With The Advice
of geologists 85 per cent. proved productive, whereas of those sunk at random only 5 per cent. were successful. This statement, quoted on the first page of Professor J. W.......
Quite Recently Mr. W. E. Woodward, The American Novelist,...
a study of Washington (reviewed in our columns) :which tended to belittle the quality of that great man as a soldier. In the novelist's opinion Washington was a pretty ordinary......
The Craft And Art Of Woodwork Was Distinguished In England
by a, great sweetness and sincerity. It had its roots in the soil as firmly as the timber hewn for the carver's hand. True, its trophies are of a perishable and easily......
We Have Had Previous Occasion To Mention The Excellent...
of the travel-books published by Messrs. Seeley, Service, and The Isles of King Solomon (21s.), which describes Mr. -1-lopkins's experiences during twenty-five years spent in......
The Object Of Biological Bases Of The Evolution Of Music
(Oxford University Press, 3s. 6d.) is to enunciate the principles that help us to arrive at the essence of the evolu- tion of music. The late I. I. Kryzhanovsky shows that music......
The Latest Volume Of The Official History Of Australia In
the iYar. of 1914-1918 (Vol, K... The _Australians at Rabaul. , By S. S. Mackenzie. Sidney : Angus and Robertson ; London : the British Australasian) gives a detailed account of......
Answers To Questions On Hats And Head-gear
1. The Miss Barkers in Cranford. - 2. Samuel Pepys in his Diary.-3. Rosalind refers to the woollen caps which were ordered by statute in the reign of Elizabeth to be worn on......
A Library List History And Biography :-oude In 1857. By
Col. John Bonham. (Williams and Norgate. 5s.)-George Sand : The Search for Love. By Mary Jenney Howe. (Brentano's. 21s.)-Men of Destiny. By Walter Lippmann (Mae- millan. 10s.......
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