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Egypt In 1898. By G. W. Steevens. (w. Blackwood And

Sons.) —It would not be easy to find a more interesting book in its way than this. Interesting it would be in any case ; it becomes doubly so now that it is supplemented by the......

Kirkaldy Of Grange. By Louis A. Barbs. (oliphant,...

Ferrier.) — In this volume—one of the "Famous Scots Series "—Mr. Barbe distinctly makes a point about Kirkaldy's age. He must have been more than twelve when he was is......

Australasian Democracy. By Henry De P. Walker. (t. Fisher...

book contains a number of object-lessons which are of the highest interest to people in this country. The Australian Colonies are Englands beyond the sea in a peculiar sense.......

Sir William Wallace. By A. F. Munson. (oliphant,...

Ferrier, Edinburgh.)—While the editors of the useful and interesting though unequal biographies known as the "Famous Scots Series" were bound to include the patriot-knight who......

Vagaries. By Axel Munthe. (john Murray.)—vagaries Is A...

essays by a doctor, as whimsical as they are charming, as charming as they are slight. The author tells us he has practised ten years in Paris and nine in Rome ; nevertheless......

The Bishops Of Lindisfarne, Hezham, Chester - Le -...

By George Miles. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.) — The Beginnings of English Christianity, By William Edward Collins. (Methuen and Co.)—Mr. Miles follows the lead of Bishop......