Three Years With Thunderbolt. Edited By Ambrose Pratt....
Co. 6s.)—This is a curious book, almost unique if, as we have no reason to doubt, the facts which are stated in the preface aro oorrectly given. William Monckton, who is now a......
Whitaker's Almanac, 1908. (12 Warwick Lane. 2s. 6d.)—...
continues to adapt itself to new needs and make use of new devices tending to compactness and serviceableness. There are as usual, in addition to the information about times,......
Who's Who (a. And C. Black, 10s. Net) Contains, We
are told, twenty-two thousand biographies. This shows a steady growth, and means a very careful examination of all available sources of information. Obviously a book of this......
The Life And Voyages Of Joseph Wiggins. By Henry Johnson.
(John Murray. 15s. net.)—Joseph Wiggins went to sea at the age of fourteen, and after suffering not a little rose to be master of a ship engaged in the Mediterranean trade at......
The Journal Of Education. (william Rice. 6d.) — This, As
we have said before, is an excellent periodical. It keeps its readers posted up in all educational matters—secondary, of course—and pleases them by being readable. The......
The Daily Mail Year - Book. (6d.)—the Word " Year-book " Is
to be explained by the sub-title, "A Handbook to All the Questions of the Day." A most interesting collection of figures, facts, and reflections is given us. It is an epitome of......
Lodge's Peerage, Baronetage, And Knightage, Edited By Sir...
Vicars, Ulster King-of-Arms (Kelly's Directories, 21s. net), appears for the seventy - seventh time. The first edition, which was edited by Edmund Lodge, Norroy King-of-Arms,......
Messrs. Frost And Reed Send Us A Reproduction In Mezzotint
of Sir Thomas Lawrence's Master Lambton. The technique of this engraving seems to be all that could be desired. The painting is an admirable example of Lawrence's style, and it......
Two Useful Books Of A Technical Character May Be Mentioned
together, The Weights and Measures Act, 1904, by W. Eric Bons- field (Stevens and Sons, Os.), and A Practical Guide to the Death Duties, by Charles Beatty (Effingham Wilson, 4s.......
New Edit1ons.—the Poetical Works Of John Milton. With...
Notes by Arthur Waugh. (Collins's Clear- Type Press. 3s. 6d.)—From the same publishers, The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (2s. and 2s. 6d.) ; The Old Lieutenant and his......
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