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Amusement From Humanity.

A Book of " Characters." Compiled by Richard Aldington. (Routledge. 12s. 6d. net.) - - • WHY should TheOphraitus, who succeeded to the most awe- inspiring chair of philosophy......

Fiction.

Old New York. By Edith Wharton. (D. Appleton. 4 vets. 18s.) THE four complete stories comprised in Mrs. Wharton's* new volume—or volumes, one should rather say, since they are......