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Scwoot-booxs.—school Geography Of The World, By Lionel W....

and 0. Black. 2s. 6d.)—We have no quarrel with Mr. Lyde's dictum that "Geography is the most educational of all subjects except Literature." And we have only one fault to find......

Christianity And War. (headley Brothers.)—the Society Of...

forth a. manifesto, opportune or inopportune, as we may choose to consider it, in which the principles of Quakerism are set forth. We yield to none in appreciating the services......

W Ar Booas.—native Races And The War. By Josephine E.

Butler. (Gay and Bird. 2s. net.)—Mrs. Josephine Butler has made in this volume a contribution of much value to . the literature a the war. She deals with the fallacy, often......

Soliloquy Of A Shadow - Shape. By Arthur H. Scaife....

(3o. Is. 6d. net.)—In one way it is easy to be a satirist, for a satirist is irresponsible ; in another it is difficult, for the satirist's licence is only conceded to tha......

Nature's Garden. By Neltje Blanchan. (w. Heinemann. 12s....

takes up the subject of plant life from a side differ- ent from that occupied by books about gardening. It is of wild flowers that- the author treats, and, by consequence, of......

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Settlement in South Africa. By Allan B. Webb, D.D. (Skeffington and Sons.) —Dr. Webb has held two South African Sees (Bloemfontein and Grahamstown), and speaks with authority.......

Records Of The Borough Of Nottingham : Vol. V., 1625 - 1702.

(B. Quaritcha—The public spirit of the Nottingham Cor- poration in aiming on this publication of its records is worthy of all praise. The editor apologises, so to speak, for the......