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The Soul Of Abraham Lincoln. By William E. Barton, (new

York ; G. H. Doran ; and London : Hodder and Stoughton. 16s. net.)—Many Americans have written books about Lincoln's religious views, mainly because his former law-partner,......

A Manual Of The Bengali Language. By J. D. Anderson.

(Cambridge University Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Anderson, who is the Bengali Lecturer at Cambridge, has written a scholarly and practical little manual—the first of a series of "......

Behind The Scenes At German Headquarters. By Henri...

and Blackett. 16s. net.)—This is a translation of a French book which made a stir in France last year. M. Domelier, a Charleville journalist, remained at his post after the......

Some Boons Of The Week.

(Notice in this column does not neceesarily preclude subsequent rp v i o o. The friatorical Sources of Defog's" Journal of the Plague Year." By Dr. Watson Nicholson. (Boston:......

Le Langage Populaire. Par Henri Bauche. (paris : Payet. 9

francs.)—This scholarly essay on Parisian French will interest all serious students of the French language. The author com- piled a grammar, a syntax and a dictionary of the......

The Spending Of A Thank-offering. Edited By A. B. Mynors.

(S.P.C.K. 4s. net.)—At the last Pan-Anglican Congress, in 1908, a fund of £363,000 was subscribed for Church work over- seas. This work shows in detail how the money has been......

Canada To - Day, 1920. Edited By W. Lefroy. (canada...

6d.)—This attractive and readable account of the Dominion, the annual publication of which was suspended during the war, has reappeared. As the editor says, Canada has changed......

The Evolution Of A Coast-line. By William Ashton....

net.)—Mr. Ashton's interesting book, embodying portions of a former work, The Battle of Land and Sea, is a close study of the West coast from Barrow to Aberystwyth, with many......

A Handbook Of St. Kitts-nevis. By Katherine Janet Burdon....

India Committee, and the Croy,* Agents for the Colonies.) —Mrs. Burdon, the wife of the Administrator of St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, has written a very complete and......

Soldiers All. By J. C. Chase . (new York :

Doran ; Hodder and Stoughton. 42s. net..)—Mr. Chase, the American artist, was sent by the American War Department to France to paint portraits of the leading American generals......