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North-west By North. By Stanley Lane-poole. (hodges,...

Dublin. 3s. 6d.)—A "Congested District" in Ireland and a region in the North Riding of Yorkshire are the places in whioh, for the time at least, Professor Lane-Poole has chosen......

Maimonides. By David Gellin And Israel Abrahams. (mac-...

Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—This volume makes a worthy beginning for the new venture of the "Jewish Worthies" Series, Maimonides was a very remarkable person, and something of an enigma,......

The Merchant Company Of Edinburgh, 1681-1902. By...

and T. Clark. 108.6d. net.)—The Merchant Company, after earlier efforts, probably hindered by the disturbances of the times, received their Royal charter in 1681. Foreign trade,......

Woe Moxgreegor. By J. J. Bell. (grant Richards. Is. Net.)—

This little book, the success of which, as our readers doubtless know, has been yew great indeed, is yet another reminder that for the homelier, more intimate humour we must go......

Geography And Atlas Of Protestant Missions. By Harlan P...

MA. 2 vols. (Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, New York.)—This is a work put together with much in- dustry, and in a wide, comprehensive spirit. We cannot pretend......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The British Empire Year-Book. By Edgar G. Wall. (E. Stan- ford. 21s.......

Journal Of A Visit To Europe In 1896. By Rao

Bahadur Ghanasha.m Nilkanth Nadkarni.. ,(D. B. Taraporevala,,Sonsoind Co., Bombay.)—This Journal, gives the incidents and ex- periences of a tour through the United Kingdom......

We Welcome The First Half-yearly Volume Of The World's Work,

edited by Henry Norman, M.P. (W. Heinemann, 78. (id.) This is a new magazine which has for its objects "National Efficiency and Social Progress." There are things with which we......

War Songs Of Britain. Selected By Harold E. Butler.

(Constable and Co. 2s. 6d. "war songs" Mr. Butler explains that he means the poets' record of the wars of Britain. "Songs" all the poems are not; but they make a fine......

Manual Of Library Economy. By James Duff Brown. (scott,...

and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Brown, who acknowledges the help given by various experts in the subject, deals systemati- cally with the foundation and management of public......