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Recidivism. By F. Sutherland, M.d. (green And Sons,...

contains the conclusions at which, after many years of study, Dr. Sutherland has arrived. He sees in the recidivists two types,—the habitual criminal and the petty delinquent.......

The Kingdom In India.

The Kingdom in. India. By Jacob Chamberlain. (Fleming H. Revell Company. 5s. net.)—Jacob Chamberlain, a native of New England, born in 1835, went out as a missionary to India in......

A Short History Of The English Bar.

A Short History of the English Bar. By Bernard W. Kelly. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 28. 6d.)—Mr. Kelly writes in a lively way, tells some good stories, and gives us some......

The Book Of Kings.

The Book of Kings. By E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D. 2 vols. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 6s. net per vol.)—These two volumes, the first containing the Egyptian Dynasties L-XIX.,......

Two Books On Egypt.

Tart of the "Historical Series for Bible Students" which Pro- fessor C. F. Kent and Mr. Frank K. Sanders are conducting, and accordingly it has the characteristics of a......

The Roman Wall. By Maria A. Royer. (d. Nutt. 2s.

6d. net.) —This is a very agreeable narrative of how the writer and a companion visited the Roman Wall, and saw what it has to show from Chollerford, where for the purposes of......

The Twentieth Century American. By H. Perry Robinson. (g. P.

Putizanis Sons. 7s. 641.)—This is a readable book, with plenty of anecdotes and other good things, and written in an excellent spirit. Mr. Robinson is what the Romans called......

The Lice Book.

The Lace Book. By N. Hudson Moore. (Hodder and Stoughton. 8s. 6d. net.)—There are many curious and interesting things about lace, and the people who made and wore it, in this......