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Marvels of the Universe. (Hutchinson and Co. 2 vols. 12s. 6d. net each.)—The publisher or an anonymous editor describes these volumes on the title pages as a "popular" work, and......
Parsifal. By T. W. Rolleston. Illustrated By Willy...
and Co. 15s. net.)—Mr. Rolleston is known as one of the broader-minded of the modern students of Celtic poetry and myth. His rendering of the legend of Parsifal and the Holy......
The Songs And Poems Of Robert Burns. (edinburgh: T. N.
Foulis. 10s. 6d. net.)—Edinburgh firms have done well and loyally by Burns in the publishing and the good printing on excellent paper of this stout volume. Lord Rosebery has......
The Ace Of Hearts. By C. Thomas-stanford. (methuen And Co.
6a.)—Mr. Thomas-Stanford has turned from Sussex and the great Civil War to Madeira and the Portuguese Revolution. As one would expect, his writing is firm, clear, and scholarly......
Readable Novels.—the Unbearable Bassington, By H. H....
6s.), and his friends and relatives are made almost bearable by the acidity of " Saki's" discursive humour.—The Moss Troopers. By S. R. Crockett. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—......
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CEASE FIRING.t To superficial and fastidious critics who find in the crudities of American life something incompatible with the spirit of romance, there is an abiding and......
From Pole To Pole. By Sven Raclin. (macmillan And Co.
7s. 6d. net.)—An anonymous translator has " abridged and edited" Dr. Sven Hedin's Fran Pot till Pol " for the use of English-speaking young people," and the same young people......
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