15 APRIL 1905, page 23

Two Volumes In " Bell's Miniature Series Of Great Writers

" (G. Bell and Sons, is. and 2s. each) may be mentioned together. These are Dr. Johnson, by John Dennis, and Dickens, by W. Teignmouth Shore. Both are very readable and useful......

The Labour - Day. By M. Maltman Barrie. (g. Vickers....

moves with a very certain step in regions which to us, we must own, are obscure. There are, he tells us, a million adult males in the United Kingdom who live in "volun- tary and......

An Angler's Hours. By H. T. Sheringham. (macmillan And Co.

6s. net.)—Many people write, and many more wish to write, about angling, as no one, it is probable, knows better than Mr. Sheringham. (The editor of a sporting magazine once......

Naw Editionb.—worship Song, With Tunes. By W. Garrett...

and Co. 58. net.)—Some hymns, found for various reasons unserviceable, have been omitted from this edition ; some new compositions have been added ; but the novel feature of the......

The City Of London Directory (w. H. And L. Collingridge,

12s. 6d.) appears for the thirty - fifth time. The information about City matters, the Corporation, the Companies, the Schools, &c., is, as usual, very full. There is a......

Poisonous Plants Of Au Countries. By A. Bernhard Smith. (j.

Wright, Bristol. 2s. 6d. net.)—The further description of the book given on the title-page is : " with the Active, Chemical Principles which they contain, and the Toxic Symptoms......

The Civil Service And The Patronage. By Carl Russell Fish,

Ph.D. (Longmans and Co. 10s. 6d.)—This volume deals with a subject which primarily concerns the citizens of the United States, but has also no inconsiderable interest for......

Our Sudan : Its Pyramids And Progress. By John Ward,

(John Murray. 21s. net.)—Mr. Ward modestly says that we may skip his letterpress and content ourselves with looking at the photographs. Of these there is, it is true, a quite......