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Early Essays And Lectures. By Canon Sheehan, D.d. (long-...

and Co. 6s. net.)—It was a great but well-deserved compliment when Dr. Sheehan was asked to " disinter," as he puts it, these papers from the magazines, &c., in which they first......

The "lloyd" Guide To Australasia. Edited By A. G. Plate.

(E. Stanford. 6s.)—This publication is issued in connexion with the steamboat service of the Norddeutscher Lloyd. Some of our best "guides" have a similar origin, so far as......

Telling Bible Stories. By Louise Seymour Houghton....

3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Houghton attacks what is perhaps the most difficult of present-day problems in the province of educa- tion : " How is the Bible to be taught ? " " Revelation," she......

The Ruined Abbeys Of Great Britain. By Ralph Adams Cram.

(Gay and Bird. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Cram has done good service in putting together these descriptions of the ruined Abbeys. He begins with Glastonbury (which is, we hope, to be......

English Literature From The Norman Conquest To Chaucer....

H. Schofield, Ph.D. (Macmillan and Co. 'Is. 6d.)—This is the second of a series of six volumes which is to give the history of the English literature of some three centuries.......

Books That Are The Hearts Of Men. By Alfred T.

Story. (Arthur C. Fifield. 2s. 6d.)—It would be better if Mr. Story would abstain from comparisons. "When will this civilization of ours," he cries, " begin to breed true men ?......