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Glimpses Of Our American Kith And Kin. By Hare Booth.

(C. Kelly.)—Mr. Booth spent some weeks in the United States (the Northern and Eastern portions, it must be understood) ; he went into Canada ; he traversed the Continent and saw......

The Domesday Of Inclosures, 1517 - 1518. Edited By I. S....

2 vols. (Longman and Co. 36s.)—In 1517 Wolsey, urged by financial reasons, determined to put a check on the growing fre- quency of inclosnres. He appointed a numerous Commission......

Men Who Have Made The Empire. By George Griffith. (c.

Arthur Pearson. 7s. 6d.)—There is in this series of bio- graphies too much of Jubilee fervour and grandiloquence half a year old, too much of "the battle-cries of the old......

Captain Shannon. By Coulson Kernahan. (ward, Lock, And...

bears a strong resemblance to No. 1, of Invincible fame. The story begins in a striking fashion. An infernal machine is exploded on the Underground Railway and kills hundreds of......

The Expositor. Edited By The Rev. W. Robertson Nicoll, Ma.

Fifth series, Vol. VI. (Hodder and Stoughton. 75. 6d.)--We may mention as specially worthy of notice among the papers con- tained in this number Mr. Mayor's continuation of his......

Scottish Alliterative Poems. Edited By F. J. Amours....

the Scottish Text Society by William Blackwood and Sons.) —This book, which is perhaps the most important contribu- tion that has been made during the last quarter of a century......

A Rogue's Conscience. By David Christie Murray. (downey...

are some clever things in this story, as there are sure to be when Mr. Murray takes up the pen. The description of the processes of disguising (almost too good to be consistent......

Outlines Of Military Law. By Lieut.-colonel E. Gunter....

Sons. 7s. 6d.)—This is too technical a subject for us to treat in detail. Colonel Gunter's book is, of course, founded on the official "Manual of Military Law." But the Manual......