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The Brain-afachiste: Its Power And Weakness. By Albert...

(J. and A. Churchill. 4s. 6d.)—It is a strange fact that the mass of people are quite ignorant about the most important part of their bodies,—the brain. Even highly educated......

History Of The City Of Rome In The Middle Ages.

By Ferdinand Gregorovius. Translated from the Fourth German Edition by Annie Hamilton. Vol. VI., Parts I. and II (George Bell and Sons. 4s. 6d. net each part.)—We gladly welcome......

Foreign Courts And Foreign Homes. By A. M. F. (longmans

and Co. 6s.)—This is a little book which provokes us somewhat by a suggestion of good material, in a measure, wasted. "A. M. F." has lived among interesting people and close to......

A History Of The English Poor Law. By Sir George

Nicholls, K.C.B. New Edition, containing the Revisions made by the author and a Biography by H. G. Willink. 2 vols. (P. S. King and Son. 30s.)—This new edition of a work which......

Music: How It Came To Be What It Is. By

Hannah Smith. (John Murray. 6s.)—This is an interesting and well-arranged little book, the author of which, we judge, from internal evidence, is an American. It is not......