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Dr. G. C. Bourne On Oarsmanship

13n. Bournrm's exposition of oarsmanship will not easily, if ever, be superseded. He tells us in effect that he had intended to write his reminiscences of rowing and to make his......

A Perfidious Rogue

The Godfather of Downing Street : Sir George Downing, 1623-1684. By John Beresford. (Cobden - Sanderson. 15s.) TIIER.E is something fa.scinatinz about the thought of Downing......

Religion And E Volution

Evolution in the Light of Modern Knowledge. (Blackie and Son. 21s. net.) ONCE philosophers were accounted the arch-enemies of religion ; at another time, artists ; at a third,......