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The Public Schools Year - Book, 1917. Edited By H. F. W.

Deane and A. B. Evans. (Year Book Press. 6s. net.)—The official reference-book of the Head-Masters' Conference, now in its twenty-eighth year, is admirably arranged, and seems......

The Newspaper Press Directory For 1917 (c. Mitchell,...

old- established trade record, is a guide to the world's Press that we have always found to be accurate. Among the introductory articles is one on " The Trend of the Modem......

The Beloved Captain. By Donald Hankey. (andrew 3felrose....

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The Literary Year - Book. Edited By Basil Stewart. (heath...

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A Valuable Contribution To The Cause Of Educational...

made by the publication of the Report of the Conference on New Ideals in Education held at Oxford last summer. A special feature of the Con- ference was the reservation of a day......

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