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Taxation Of Land Values. By John Orr, M.a. (p. S.

King and. Co. Is. net.)—Any one who wishes to see the kind of argument which influences the enthusiasts for land taxation may usefully spend Is. upon a little book on the......

England And Germany. By Leaders Of Public Opinion In Both

Empires. Collected by Dr. Ludwig Stein. (Williams and Norgate. Is. net.)—The series of articles by prominent Germans and English- men published during the summer in "Nord and......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.) Famous Speeches (Second Series). Selected and Edited with Introductory......

Glamour.°

iThis, we should say, is Mr.. Ethyl" -Lynch's first •book, ter judge front certain crudities of style and construction. Bub- if its defects are obvious, so are its nierita. To......

Early History Of The Christian Church From Its Foundation To

the End of the Fifth Century. By Monsignor Louis Ducheine. Vol. II. (John Murray. 98. net.)—Monsignor Duchesne's famous history, which, it will be recollected, has now been......

English Lyrical Poetry. By Edward Bliss Reed, Ph.d....

8s. 6d. net.)—We can recall no other books specially con- cerned with English lyric poetry, and Professor Reed, who is Assistant Professor of English at Yale, has written a......

Readable Novato —the Lighted Way. By E. Phillips...

and Stoughton. 6s.)—This is a story of business and adventure. It moves briskly and is worth reading, though the characters are not particularly interesting.......

The Wind Among The Barley. By M. P. Willcocks. (mills

and Boon. 6s.)--It is difficult to award the palm to any one of the delightful sketches which Miss Willcocks has put together under the pleasant title of The Wind Among the......

Marriage. By H. G. Wells. (macmillan And Co. 6s.)—mr. Wells

has put all his cleverness into this long story of an engage- ment and marriage between two attractive and, we may add, perfectly moral young people according to every standard.......