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The Trireme. By E. H. W. Meyeretein. (basil Blackwell 3s.)—a

fantasy describing drinking bouts and competitive lying between an Athenian and some Sicilians. It is amusingly written and resembles in parts an expurgated translation of the......

Wwiam Morris And The Early Days Of The Socialist Movement.

By J. Bruce Gleaner. (Longman& 68. 6d. net.)—There was nothing of the hard and bitter Bolshevik temper in the Socialism of Morris or of his friend the late Mr. Bruoe Glazier.......

Messrs. Stanford Have Sent Us Ten More Sheets Of The

excellent Government Survey map of the Gold Coast on a scale of about two miles to an inch. It is a notable achievement. Seccondee, the railway port, and Cape Coast are among......

A Most Valuable Article On " Cooking And Y Famines

" by Miss E. M. Delf, D.Sc., appears in the April number of Science Progress, edited by Sir Ronald Ross (Murray, 6s. net). Miss Deli sums up the results of recent research,......

The Admiral's Choir:- By J. E. G. De Montmorency. °wl-

ford- 664—These sketches, that describe the doings of erudite bishops with advanced views on social. and educational reform, are delightful.; in parts they remind one of Mr........

The Energetic - Society Of Dorset Men In London Has Issued

an attractive and interesting Dorset Year-Book for 1920-21, edited by Mr. Stanley L Galpin (W. Watkins, 91 Bishopsgate, E.C. 2, 2s. 6d.). Mr. Hardy contributes a poem. Mr. J. S.......

Universities And Their Freedom. By W. M. Childs. (a. L.

Humphreys. 2s. net.)—The Principal of University College, Reading, in this well-written and timely pamphlet, sketches the history of universities in order to show that " they......

Insect Life. By C. A. Ealand. (a. And C. Black.

30s. net.) —We may seem to be guilty of a contradiction in terms when we describe this as a readable text-book. Nevertheless, Mr. Ealand, while treating his subject......