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Fiction

Jealousy and Medicine. By Michal Choromanski. Translated by Eileen Arthurton. (The Willow Press. 12s. 6d.) Imperial Venus. By Edgar Maas. (Westhouse. 10s. 6d.) IN lealousy and......

Compassionate Herbs. By C. F. Leyel. (faber And Faber. 12s.

6d.) IF you do not quite believe what she claims, Mrs. Leyel has written a valuable and pleasing book. She is, of course, the high-priestess of herbs, a learned botanist and......

Lord Goschen And His Friends. Edited By Percy Colson....

21s.) IN the category of completely useless books this must stand very high indeed. All, indeed rather more than all, that anyone needs to know about the first Lord Goschen is......

Doctors Differ. By Harley. Williams (cape. 12s. - 601,)...

story in popular language of the life-work of five eminent doctors, John Elliotson, H. 0. Thomas, William Macewen, James Mackenzie and Robert Philip, with Robert Jones, Victor......

Shorter Notices

The State of Mind of Mrs. Sherwood. By Naomi Royde-Smith. (Macmillan. 7s. 6d.) THIS is a biography with a purpose. The life is that of the author of The Fairchild Family and......