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History As Literature, And Other Essays. Dv Theodore...

Murray. Cs. net.)-" The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer," says Mr. Roosevelt in one of these essays. Certainly no reproach could be lees fairly brought......

Books Of Reference.-thom's Official Directory, 1914_...

20s. net.)-This compendious work is, in the first instance, a directory of Dublin city and county, with an excellent map. It also contains very full tables of Irish statistics,......

Gypsy Coppersmiths In Liverpool. By Andreas. (liverpool:...

Sons. Is net.)-Touraal of the ,Gypsy Lore Society, Vol. VI., No. 4. (Liverpool Gypsy Lore Society.) -At the beginning of the twentieth, as of the fifteenth, century, there broke......

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