15 JANUARY 1910, page 24

The Light Of The West.t

THE essay from which this volume takes its title is as excellent piece of work. The subject is St. Patrick, and this is introduced by a very illuminating account of the Roman •......

Abraham Lincoln.•

THIS volume has qualities of its own which make it stand out among the many volumes which have been called forth by the Lincoln Centenary. Mr. Putnam's recollections go back to......

Birds And Beasts.*

IN the preface to a volume of most charming appear- ance on Egyptian Birds Mr. Charles Whymper expresses his indebtedness to Captain Shelley's book. He does not profess to add......

Jesus According- To S. Mark.•

Tars will, we think, be pronounced by every reader a very interesting and original book. Whether the intellectual position therein taken up is tenable is quite another question.......