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A Pawn In The Game. By W. H. Fitchett. (smith,

Elder, and Co. 6s.)—Dr. Fitchett shows himself at his best, as might be expected, in narrative, and especially when the narrative is historical. The scenes in Egypt, the life of......

The Harvest Moon. By J. S. Fletcher. (eveleigh Nash. 6s.)

—Mr. Fletcher does not quite convince us that a man could be so weak—especially if he were of an amiable disposition—as to behave as badly as the gentleman who passes himself......

Novels.

FURTHER EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M.* THE wide and richly deserved popularity of the authors of this volume was illustrated not long ago in a rather curious manner. A French......

The Letters Of Cortes To Charles V. Translated And Edited,

with Introduction and Notes, by Francis Augustus MacNutt. 2 vols. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 42s. net.)—These letters cover the period from 1519 to 1526, and contain the narrative of......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under 11.is hearring we notice such Books of the week as hare not been reserved for review in other forms.] In the "Century Bible " — General Editor, Walter F. Adeney, D.D.—we......

The Spiritual Ascent. (burns And Oaths. 2s. 6d....

a devotional treatise by Gerard of Zutphen, one of the brethren of Deventer, and showing very much the same characteristics as are to be seen in the " De Imitatione." I brief......

Readable Novell—golden Threads. By Ernst Zahn. Trans-...

German by Muriel H. Trollope. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—A good story of life in a little Alpine community.— My Lost Self. By Arthur Marchinont. (Cassell and Co. Os.)— The tale of......