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Consuls Plante. Reflections By An Old Etonian. (grant...

6d. net.)—"Reflections," it should be observed, not " Recolleetions." Of the latter there is, indeed, a slight element, a few allusions to personages, customs, and etiquette of......

The Holidays : Where To Stay And What To See.

(Walter Hill. ls.)—Here is an abundant choice of holiday-places in many parts of the British Isles. The volume includes the "guides" published by the railways which have the......

The Story Of Iona. By The Rev. Edward Craig Trenhohne.

(D. Douglas, Edinbergh. 8s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Trenholme has evidently worked at this book with enthusiasm. He describes the island in a spirit that shows how well he knows it ; and......

The Papacy. By Gustav Kruger. Translated By N. M. S.

Batchelor and C. A. Mills. (T. Fisher Unwin. 55. net.)— Professor Kruger traces the growth of the Papacy, "its idea and its exponents," from the earliest times. This idea is the......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading ri notice such Books of the week as have not Won 'Inserted for review in other forms.] China and the Gospel. (China Inland Mission. ls.)—This interesting......

Three Years Of Sport In Mozambique. By G. Vasse. Translated

by R. and H. M. Lydekker. (Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. 8s. 6d. net.)— " Sport " means big-game shooting, a pursuit in which M. Vasse is an acknowledged authority. Elephants—Id.......

In Wind And Wild. By Erie Parker. (sir Isaac Pitman

and Sons. 5s. net.)—As almost all the essays collected in this volume were originally published in the Spectator, we must be content with chronicling its appearance. Many, we......