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The Roman Capitol. By E. Rodocanachi. Translated From The...

by Frederick Lawton, M.A. (W. Heinemann. 4e. net.)—This is an account, evidently the work of a man deeply read in the subject, of the Capitol since its building. The first part......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not bean reserved for review in other forms.] Unhistoric Acts. By George Baker. (Headley Brothers. 7s. 6d. net.)—By......

With Knapsack And Notebook. By A. W. Cooper. (a. Brown

and Son. 3s. 6d. net.)—" The Walking Parson " is as amusing and as instructive as ever. This time his route has been through Scotland—as far as Aberdeen—Denmark, Holland, and......

Simple Talks To Little Children. By Lady Snagge....

Son. 3s. 61)—These " Simple Talks," numbering between thirty and forty, are brief—averaging some three pages of text— direct, easy to understand, with just the little touches......

Secretarial Work And Practice, By Alfred Nixon And George H.

Richardson (Longmans and Co., 5s.), is a volume in "Longman? Commercial Series." The work to which it is meant to serve as a guide is, of course, that of the secretaryship to......

The Coal Question. By The Late W. Stanley Jevons, F.r.s.

Edited by A. W. Flux, M.A. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)— Mr. Stanley Jevons published this book in 1865, and issued a. revised edition in the following year. The present editor......

Ideals And Applications.

Ideals and Applications. By Henry Van Dyke, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. 6d. net.)-Dr. Van Dyke speaks his mind pretty plainly,—is it a sign of grace that a man can do. this......

We Have Before Us Two Volumes Of A Singularly Interesting

kind. It is not too much to say that they are unique. Certainly they preserve to the world many things that, from their very nature, must otherwise have disappeared. The title......

The Pillow - Book : A Garner Of Many Moods. Collected By

N. G. Royde-Smith. (Methuen and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—Miss Royde- Smith divides mankind into two classes, "those who put out the light before getting into bed, and those who get......