1 SEPTEMBER 1900, page 21

An Absent-minded War.*

OF the eight chapters which make up this little book, four are devoted to a general criticism of the education and organisa- tion of our Army, and four to the particular lessons......

Dartmoor.*

'4 Book of Dartmoor, By S. Baring-Gould. London; Methuen and Co. Lee.] THE beginning of this book is a general account of Dartmoor and of the strange things to be seen on it.......

Novels Of The Week.*

THERE is an old saying which links together "a whistling lady and a crowing hen" as kindred monstrosities, but The (1.) The Whistling Maid. By Ernest Rhys. London : Hutchinson......