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Books.

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. THE present year, 1924, will doubtless produce a large number of books on Byron. One of such, Byron, the Poet, has reached us from Messrs. Routledge. It is......

A Lesser Elizabeth.

Mrs. Montagu, " Queen of the Blues " : Her Letters and Friendships from 1762 to 1800. Edited by Reginald Blunt. 2 V ols. (London : Constable. £2 2s. net.) "WHO is Silvia," who......

A Book Of The Moment.

A SOLDIER'S LETTERS. Letters Written During the Indian Mutiny. By Fred Roberts, afterwards Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, V.C., K.G., with a Preface by his daughter, Countess......