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The Ainu Of Japan. By The Rev. John Batchelor. (religious

Tract Society.)—The Ainu—not Aino, it should be observed—are the aborigines of Japan (ainu means " man; " wino, " mongrel," the dominant race scoffing at their subjects as of......

Three Plays Of Maeterlinck.*

MAURICE MaRrEalaNcK, the young author whom a too enthusiastic admirer somewhat unkindly designated the " Belgian Shakespeare," and one of whose plays, L'Intruse, was acted in......

Current Literature.

Mcidhava ltdo Sindhia. By H. G. Keene. (Clarendon Press.)— This is one of the " Rulers of India " series,—scarcely among the first in interest, but certainly worth study, the......

The Doings Of Raffles Haw. By A. Conan Doyle. (cassell

and Co.)—Raffies Haw is a millionaire, or billionaire, thanks to his possession of a secret which furnishes him with an inexhaustible supply of money. He is anxious to make a......

A Winter In North China. By The Rev. T. M.

Morris. (Religions Tract Society.)—Mr. Morris and Dr. Fuller (who writes a brief introduction to the book) were commissioned by the Baptist Mis- sionary Society to inspect the......