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Chronica .tohannis De Reading Et Anonymi Cantuariensis....

Tait. (Manchester University Press. 10s. 6d. net.)—This twentieth volume of the Historical Series pub- lished by the University of Manchester affords, alike in contents and in......

The Keeper's Partridge Book And Register. By J. A. Allen.

(Charles Knight. 1s)—Partridge preservation in many places is a different thing from what it used to be. The so-called Easton system, by which eggs are taken one by one from the......

Looking For Trouble. By F. Harris Deans. (w. Blackwood And

Sone. 6s. net.)—This light-hearted account of a Conti- nental tour is written on the same lines as the travel books of Mr. Jerome. Those who enjoy this sort of thing will......

Books Of Beferencr. — Crockford's Clerical Directory For...

preface of this indispensable guide to the personnel of the Church of England advocates an amended Benefices Act for the suppression of simony, by the complete abolition of the......

Round The World In A Motor-car. By J. J. Mann.

(G. Bell and Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—The title of this book is rather misleading ; "in" should be " with," as Mr. Mann did much of his journey in steamers, using his car to see the......

Nnw Enmons.—the Stars Night By Night. By J. H. Elgie.

(C. Arthur Pearson. ls. net.)—This reprint of The Night Skies of a Year deserves a large circulation amongst those who are interested in star-gazing without a telescope.—......

An Elizabethan Cardinal : William Allen. By Martin Haile....

Isaac Pitman and Sone. 16a. net.)—We cannot agree with Mr. Haile's description of Cardinal Allen as "a great Englishman." He was, no doubt, an eminent Churchman, single-minded,......