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• Laxensescx Novsx.s.—the Road To Matutlalay : A Tale Of

Burma By B. M. Croker. (Carmen and Co. Os.)—The Burmese miseen- sane is the most interesting part of this modern story, the account of the native puppet plays being specially......

The Lighter Side Of Mathematics.

A BOOK on mathematica does not, at first sight, appear an attractive Christmas gift. Even enthusiastic mathematicians who agree with " Lewis Carroll" that "ouch a theorem as the......

Fiction.

HIS LAST BOW.. THE reports of Sherlock Holmes's death which gained currency. some years ago proved to be "greatly exaggerated," and we are further reassured, on the......

On The • Eaves Of The World.* We Can Find

it in our hearts to be envious of Mr. Reginald Ferrer and of his companion Mr. Purdom. All through that summer of 1914, during which we passed from the shadow of war to the......