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The Earth Life. By E. Longworth Dames. (george Redway....

is one of the books about Nature that really give one a feeling of the country. The author has seen the seasons pass him as a pageant. He has described the awakening life of the......

Records Of The Borough Of Leicester, 1103-1327. Edited By...

Bateson. (C. J. Clay and Sons. 25s. net.)—Leicester was one of the five Danish burghs (" burhs " seems to be the orthodox spelling), and had in later days some peculiarities of......

Novels Of The Week.* Thu "short Line War" Is A

war of directors on rival American railway companies to obtain possession of a short line which "feeds" two trunk lines in which they are respectively in- terested. But the ways......

Current Literature.

An Idler in Old France. By Tighe Hopkins. (Hurst and Blackett. Cs )—It is not altogether a pleasant experience to idle in old France. Whether we attempt to walk through the......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for renew in other forms.] Christian Missions and Social Progress. By Rev. James Dennis, D.D. Vol.......