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Sketches Of Magdalen College, Orford. By Edwin Glasgow....

Dent and Co. 5s.) —Mr. Glasgow gives a brief architec- tural history of the College, for which he acknowledges his ob'igation to Mr. Wilson's "History." Magdalen has had good......

Novels Of The Week.*

GREATLY to the delight of the reviewer, Mrs. Cotes's (Sara Jeannette Duncan) new book, On the Other Side of the Latch, has been included in the bundle of this week's novels. The......

A Diary Of The Siege Of The Legations In, Pekin.

By Nigel Oliphant. (Longmans and Co. Gs. net.)—Mr. Andrew Lang in a brief preface introduces the author of this volume. Mr. Oliphant, finding that examinations were not to his......

C Urrent Literature.

THE NEW LIBERAL REVIEW. The New Liberal Review, which is now in its sixth number, and whose views of the party "split" may be gathered from the concluding sentence of a note—"......

The Laws Rend Principles Of Bridge. By "hellespont."...

La Rue and Co. 5s. net.)—There is a "boom" in bridge which is only too likely to continue; "only too likely," we say, because the game appeals so forcibly both to the common......

Australian Federation. By Sir John A. Cockburn. (horace...

Son. 25. 6d. net.)—Sir John Cockburn, who is introduced by a preface from the pen of Sir Charles Dunce, has collected in this volume certain articles which he has written, and......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week is have not been i . e.:erred for review in other forms.] The North American Review (July). (W. Heinemann. 2s. 6c1.) —There......

On The War-path. By Mrs. T. D. Leather-calley. (john Long.

3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Leather-Calley, who is a "Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem," speaks her mind very plainly on many things. "Cape Colony," she says, "is an......

Your Banker's Position At A Glance. By Henry Warren. (jordan

and Sons. 5s.)—Mr. Warren lays down some general principles as to the conditions which constitute soundness in a bank, discusses dividend-paying, and such details as advances,......