12 SEPTEMBER 1914, page 24

Some Books Of The Week.

tender fhis heading us notice such Books of the week as haws not lbsint reserved for review in other forms.] What Are We Fighting For 1 By the Rev. the Hon. E. Lyttelton.......

Fiction.

THE LURE OF ROMANCE.* ME. PREVOST BATTERSBY'S equipment as a writer of adven- turous fiction places him in a strong position es against the shafts of the stay-at-home critic. He......

A Lad Of Kent. By Herbert Harrison. (macmillan And Co.

6s.) — The date of this novel is the year 1808, and there are many adventures in it concerning the "Free Traders " of that day. The mystery of the hero's birth is con- cealed......

We Have Received A Timely Leaflet, Why Are We Fighting

? (The Lady Trevor, Chirk, 2d.), in which Mr. F. L. Petre explains in simple language how Germany's wanton declara- tion of war "made it impossible for any honourable English......

First Steps In Scouting. By Robert E. Young. (james Brown

and Son. 1d.)—Our enthusiastic and exuberant friends, the Boy Scouts, have risen so finely to the needs of the present emergency as fully to justify the hopes of their gallant......

An Hour At The Front. By Ronald Knox. (society Of

SS. Peter and Paul. ld.)—How many there must be to-day who are in spirit always with the gallant men in the firing line, and whose mute prayers go up hour by hour for their......

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The Religious Tract Society Has Prepared A Timely Series Of

Messages from Home for Our Soldiers and Sailors (6d.). It is a packet containing forty neat cards, each headed by the words " God bless you and bring you safely home again," and......