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Encyclopaedia Of Religion And Ethics. Edited By James...

X., "Picts—Sacraments." (T. and T. Clark. 32s. net.)—We must record the appearance of a new volume of this valuable encyclopaedia and commend its careful ieholar- ship. The......

Chronology Of The War. Vol. I., 1914-15 With A Small

Atlas of the War. (Constable. 5s. net and 3s. 6d. net.)—The war has been so vain and many-sided that few people can remember the sequence of events. This admirable summary, in......

Progress Of Education In India, 1912-1917. By H. Sharp....

: Superintendent of Government Printing. 5s. 6d.)— This interesting Report deserves to be noted. Education is a plant of slow growth among the masses in India, barely six per......

Colonel J. H. Leslie Has Compiled An Historical Roll (with

Portraits) (Sheffield: Sir W. C. Lang; Is. each part) of those British women who have won the Military Medal for " bravery and devotion under fire," and is issuing it in parts,......

The Armed Neutralities Of 1780 And 1800. Edited By J.

B. Scott. (H. Milford. 21e. net.)—This volume, published for the Carnegie Endowment, ccertains the State papers relating to the armed neutralities of 1780 and 1800, together......

The Early English Customs System. By N. S. B. Gras.

( 11 . Milford. 15s. net.)—The American historian who is known to specialists by his work on our early corn trade has written another valuable book, based on fresh researches in......

The Kingdom Of Serbia : Infringe:nerds Of The Reim And

Laws of War Committed by the Anstro.Bulgaro.Germans. By R. A. Reiss. (Allen and trnwin. 3s. 6d. net.)—As a few pro-Bulgars are now resuming their campaign, this temperate......

We Have Received A Well-printed Record Of The 2nd Bucks

Battalion, 2':F., 1914-18 (2a.), which is published for the Bucks Territorial Force Association, and may be had from Captain Stewart-Liberty at The Lee, Great Missenden. The......

The Year's Art, 1919. By A. C. R. Carter. (hutchinson.

7s. 6d. net.)—This old-established handbook for artists, col- lectors, and dealers seems to have a new interest now that peace is approaching and the museums and art galleries......

Italy's Part In The War. By W. K. Mcclure. (florence

: Bemporad. 1 lira 50 c.)—This little book deserves to find English readers. It reminds us that Italy's diplomatic support at the outset of the war was of great value to the......

Political Prophecies. By H. A. L. Fisher. (clarendon...

net.)—Mr. Fisher's very able address before the Edinburgh Philosophical Society deserved reprinting. He surveys the field of prophecy from Polybius to Bloch, and shows that the......

The Dover Patrol. By Jackstaffe (j. J. Bell). (grant...

6s. net.)—This readable little book is mainly con- cerned with the blocking operations at Zeebrugge and Ostend, but describes also the work of our naval gunners in the Belgian......