17 APRIL 1909, page 22

Memoirs Of A Vanished Generation.* There Are Signs Of Ths

arrival of a long series of books on the social and family hintOry of the nineteenth century. As Lady St. Helier remarks in her attractive though slightly confused introduction......

The Panama Oanat.,1

THE story of the Isthmian Canal goes back a long way,—to within half.a.century of the discovery of America. Practically, however, it begins with the middle of the nineteenth......

Majorca And Minorca.*

THERE is a romance and pride in the history of islands which a. grave continent can rarely emulate. A narrow compass and an enclosing sea are a strong encouragement to bravery......

A Country Parson.*

Mn. SHRINE, who has already given us some of his experiences and conclusions as a schoolmaster in his Pastor Apart" now tells us something of what he learnt and unlearnt in four......