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Scsool-books.—of School-books We Have To Acknowledge...

with Introduction and Notes, by A. Douglas Thom- son, MA. (A. and C. Black, 2s. Gd.) Mr. Thomson describes in his introduction the Cyclops as he appears in Greek literature,......

Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1899. (horace Cox....

well known to need description or commendation. It has been published now for thirty-one years, and has continuously improved. The editor's preface is more than commonly worth......

Mr; Punch's Book Of Arnie. Drawn And Written By E.

T. Reed. (Bradbury, Agnew, incl•Co. 70.6d. net.)—Readers of Patnwl& wilfie- meniber the humorous armorial bearings Which he has invented from - time to time for various persons......

Theology.—as Apostk's Correspondence, By The Rev. H. G....

(S.P.C.K., 6d.), is an account of St. Paul's Epistles, showing where and to whom and for what main purposes they were written, and what place they fill in the history of the......

The Edna Lyall Birthday Book. (eyre And Spottiswoode. 3s....

—The popular novelist has taken another of the steps in the great staircase of fame,—the birthday book. There is a certain absurdity in the idea of making such a book out of any......