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The Republic Of Plato. Edited By James Adam, M.a. (cam-

bridge University Press.)—Mr. Adam gives us here a careful edition of the text, accompanied throughout by critical footnotes, and he has prefixed an introduction in which he......

With The Mounted Infantry And The Mashonaland Field...

By Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Alderson, P.S.C. (Methuen and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Colonel Alderson tells his story in a straightforward, soldierlike way,—just the way, in fact, in......

The Rod In India. By Henry Sullivan Thomas. (w. Thacker

and Co. 15s.)—This is the third edition of a book first published about twenty years ago. The second edition (1881) was greatly enlarged from the first, and that now before us......

The Dwelling - House. By George Vivian Poore, M.d. (long-...

Co.)—Dr. Poore's book is full of good sense and practically useful suggestions. He is for the earth-closet as against the water-closet. This is perhaps his most important......

De Paris A Edinbourg. By Madame Edgar Quinet. (calmann Levy,

Paris.)—A duodecimo, telling the story of a visit to Scotland upon an invitation to join the Committee of the Franco- Scottish Association, and dedicated to Lord Reay, its......

A History Of Italian Literature. By Richard Garnett, C.b ,

LL.D. " Short Histories of the Literatures of the World." (W. Heinemann. 6s.)—This seems to us as satisfactory a book as could possibly be written on its subject, within the......

Medals And Decorations Of The British Army And Navy. By

Joseph Horsley Mayo. 2 vols. (A. Constable and Co. £3 3s. net.)—It is quite impossible to do justice by any means, or within any space at our command, to this splendid book. Mr.......