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New Editions. —from America Comes A Reprint Of Richard...

of Sebastian Cabot (Lippincott Co.), which has an unfailing interest, although much of it is detailed criticism of the errors of previous writers on the subject of Cabot and his......

How To Live Long. By J. Walter Carr, M.d. (methuen

and Co. ls. net.)—An excellent little book giving practical advice as to the rules of general health day by day. Mr. Carr maintains that " man is still largely the master of his......

Readable Novels.—the Little Lady Of The Big House. By Jack

London. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—The story of a Californian ranch. The efficient and wealthy owners and inhabitants appear to suffer from vices usually ascribed to the idle......

We Have Received That Useful Volume, The English...

Books for 1913 (The Publishers' Circular, Ltd.). The statistics show that the total number of new books or editions published in 1915 was 10,665, as compared with 12,379 in......

Some Books Of The Week.

'Notice La this edema does not necessarily preelads subsepsent revicadi Wed Point in Our Next War. By M. Van Z. Woodhull. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 5s. net.)—As a young man the......

Fiction.

THE DARK FOREST.* THE title of Mr. Walpole's remarkable book seems capable of conveying a double meaning. There were concrete dark forests in which the scene of his drama......