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The Sea Services Of The Empire. By A. G. Cowie.

(Treherne and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—This book comes highly recommended by authoritative persons, and should be found useful. Few people are aware of the variety of employments......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forins.1 Personalia : Political, Social, and Various. By "Sigma." (W.......

Old London Silver. By Montague Howard. (b. T. Bataford....

r. Ho ward has in " Old London Silver" a most fascinating subject to deal with, and he does it in an interesting and workmanlike manner. Amateurs, for whom the work is......

The Life Of Dr. John Barwick, Arranged And Edited By

G. F. Barwick, is the sixth volume of the " Stuart Series," appearing under the general editorship of Mr. Edward Almack (F. E. Robinson and Co., 12s. 6d. net). Dr. Barwick was a......

Notes From A Lincolnshire Garden. By A. L. Ii. A.

(Elkin Mathews. 2s. 6d. net.)—The author discourses pleasantly about her subject generally, and about other things more or lass connected with it—the terror, for instance, of......

The Land Of Heather. Written And Illustrated By Clifton...

(Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Johnston relates his experiences and observations in Scotland in a very matter-of-fact way. Any one who may want to see how very differently......

St. Francis Of Assisi. By Anna M. Stoddart. (methuen And

Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—Miss Stoddart has accomplished a difficult piece of work with much success. She appreciates that in St. Francis which raises him to a region above all......