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After The War. By Lord Esher. (j. Murray. 2s. Ed.

net)— In this little book, addressed to Mr. Smillie as a political opponent, Lord Esher has set down his reflections on the Crown, the Church, the Cabinet, Parliament, and the......

Two Years' Captivity In German East Africa. By Surgeon E.

C. Holtom, R.N. (Hutchinson. Os. 9d. net.)—When our warships bombarded Dar es Salaam in November, 1014, the author was sent to examine what purported to be a hospital ship.......

Chosen Peoples. By Israel Zangwill. (allen And Cowin. 28....

the first "Arthur Davis Memorial Lecture" before the Jewish Historical Society, is an eloquent refutation of an unnamed American's theory that " Germanism is Judaism." Mr.......

University Of Wisconsin Studies In Language And...

volume of essays by members of the Department of English in Wisconsin University.deals with a wide range of subjects from Beowulf to Henry James. " A History of Costuming on the......

A College Mystery. By A. P. Baker. (cambridge: Helier. 3s.

6d. net.)--Some people say that they have seen a ghost in the Fellows' Garden at Christ's College. This ingenious little book purports to be the story of the old Fellow, named......

Conjectures On Original Composition. By Edward Young....

J. Morley. (Manchester University Press and Longman. 4s. 6d. net.)—In the wonderful year 1759 Young addressed to Samuel Richardson his spirited defence of original composition......

The Turkish Problem. By Count Leon Ostrorog. Translated...

Stephens. (Chatto and Windus. 6s. net.)—This book was written in 1915 for French readers. Since then the fate of Turkey has been decided, but the author's vivacious account of......

The Cradle Of The War. By H. Charles Woods. (p.

Murray. 12s. net)—This is an interesting account of the political and military position in the Balkans and Asiatic Turkey up to last summer. Though the complete victory of tho......

The Game Of Diplomacy. By A European Diplomat (hutchin- Son-

108. 6d. net.)—M. E. de Scholking, the Russian journalist and diplomatist who is the author of this lively book, describes the foreign policy of the late Tsar and the men who......

A History Of English Literature. By Arthur Compton-...

C. and E. 0. Jack. Is. 6d. net.)—This is a spirited effort to relate the long history of our literature in a single volume of about seven hundred pages, printed in double......