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Britain's Destiny: Growth Or Decay? By The Late C. B.

Phipson. Edited by Mark B. F. Major. (Cassell and Co. 3s. 6d.)—The late Major Phipson published two books, "The Redemption of Labour" and "The Science of Civilisation," of which......

The Grand Duke. By Carlton Dawo. (hutchinson And Co. 6s.)—

The fashions in fiction aro apparently as binding on authors as the fashions in millinery are on fine ladies. At present the fashionable theme for fiction is based on the......

Printers' Pie. (the Sphere And The Taller Offices. 1s....

This is "an offering to charity," as the cover tells us, the special object being the " Printers' Pension Corporation." We cannot pretend that the buyer who may give a......

The United States : A History Of Three Centuries.

The United States: a History of Three Centuries. By W. E. Chancellor and F. W. Hewes. Vol. II. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 15s. net.)—This volume contains the period 1698-1774, under......

The Trinity House, London. By W. H. Mayo. (smith, Elder,

and Co. 5s. net.)—This volume is another timely tribute to the Trafalgar year. The duties of the Trinity House are now wholly peaceful : it has the management of lighthouses and......

The Religion Of Israel. By Canon Ottley. (cambridge Uni-...

Press. 4s.)—We find in this volume, which is described as a supplement to the author's " Short History of the Hebrews," the same excellent qualities which we saw in the earlier......

The Sensitive, And Other Pieces. By A. E. Manning Foster.

(George Allen. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Foster is sometimes instruc- tive, but he is not humorous, and the non-humorous essayist is, we take it, a mistake. We have, indeed, a......

Strength And Diet. By The Hon. R. Russell. (longmans And

Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—This volume, containing between six and seven hundred pages, is an elaborate plea for vegetarianism, total abstinence from alcohol—tea and coffee are......