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The Story Of Our Army. By Captain Owen Wheeler. (g.

Newnes. ls.)—This is an excellent little book after the manner of the series to which it belongs, the "Library of Useful Stories." We are inclined to think that Captain Wheeler......

The Canal System Of England. By H. Gordon Thompson. (t.

Fisher Irnwin. 2s. net.)—Not very long ago the canals of England were commonly supposed to have been wholly super- seded. Some had been bought by the railways and allowed to......

Books Of Devotion. By The Rev. Charles Bodington. (long....

and Co. 5s.)—This is a volume of the "Oxford Library of Practical Theology," and naturally occupies the standpoint common to the series. It is not exactly stated for what......

Three Centuries In North Oxfordshire. By M. Sturge...

H. Blackwell, Oxford. 5s. net.)—This is a pleasant book to read, though it might have been pleasanter if the authoress had drawn the line at the end of the eighteenth century.......

We Have Received A Revised And Changed Edition Of The

Life History Album, by F. Galion, D.C.L. (Macmillan and Co., 5s. net). Mr. Galton edited this book some years ago for Dr. Mahomed, —the present writer thinks that he noticed it......

An Old Country House. By Richard Le Gallienne. (grant...

3s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume of the "Breviary Series," and deals with topics which show Mr. Le Gallienne's ways of thinking and writing to much advantage. The discovery of the......

The Alpujarra. By R. M. Thomas. (simpkin, Marshall, And...

Alpujarra, everybody may not know, is a region of Andalusia, and probably is as unchanged, as regards manners and general aspect, as any part of Spain. It is a land of almonds......

The War Of 1812. By John Richardson. With Notes And

Memoir by Alexander Clark Casselman. (Gay and Bird. 15s. net.)—John Richardson, born in Canada, was attached to the 41st Regiment as a Volunteer in 1812, being then in his......