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Observations Of A Naturalist In The Pacific, 1896 - 99....

B. Guppy, M.B. Vol. I. (Macmillan and Co. 15s. net.)—This volume, with its three hundred and ninety-two pages, is devoted to a description of Vanua Levu. one of the Fiji group.......

From A Davos Balcony. By A. Mclaren. (duckworth And Co.

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Some Books Of The Week.

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The Case Against The Protective Taxation Of Food And Raw

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Barbara Wi Nslow, Rebel. By Beth Ellis. (w. Blackwood And

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Crotchets And Foibles. By The Hon. Arthur Bligh. (j. W.

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