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Ris Magnificence. By A. J. Anderson. (stanley Paul....

with his last story, which is concerned with one of the most difficult periods of European history— the end of the fifteenth century in Italy—has made the average historical......

Dedications : Rat .dnthology. Compiled By Mary Elizabeth...

P. Putnam's Sone. 10s. 6d. net.)—Tbis enter- taining volume is the fruit of is pleasant excursion in one of the bypatbs of literature. The practice of dedicating books has......

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Readable Novslel—the Thunderhead Lady. By Anna Fuller And...

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The Banana. By William Fawcett. (duckworth And Co. 7e. 6d.

net.)—As Mr. Lewis Harcourt lately said in Parliament it was no small service to the poor of this country to have made the banana the common object of the coster's barrow."......

A Handy Book Of Curious Information. By William S. Walsh.

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The Thing In The Woods. By Margery Williams. (duck- Worth

and Co. 6s.)—This is an American story of a doctor who becomes locum tenens for a friend in a country district of Pennsylvania. The mystery as to" The Thing in the Woods" which......

The Eternal Maiden. By T. Everett Barre. (duckworth And Co.

6s.)—In spite of the poetry which Mr. Barre puts into his account of the long night of the Arctic Circle, most readers will close this book with fervent gratitude that they were......