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Novels Of The Week.*

MR. NORRIS in his new novel, Giles Ingilby, introduces his readers to the usual polished circle in which his characters live and move. This time, it is true, his hero is for' a......

Current Literature.

Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. LIX. Edited by Sidney Lee. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 15s. net.)—Perhaps the most im- portant article in the new volume of the Dictionary of......

Dinners And Diners. 13y Lieutenant-colonel Newnham-davis....

—Colonel Newnham.Davia has performed the difficult task of making amusing a book which is all about one subject,—eating. True, it is a subject which interests every one of us......