22 JANUARY 1916, page 20

Alfred The Great.*

FEW people perhaps realize that when Alfred of England visited Rome before his accession to the throne he was invested with the belt and robes of the office of " Consul......

Some War Books."

THREE of the chapters in Battle Sketches' have already appeared in the series of " Oxford Pamphlets." On republication they find themselves in good company. All the sketches are......

Child Training.* Tins Is A Book To Interest Any Parent

or guardian of a child under seven years old. " Character," says the author, " is nothing more than the sum total of habits." We do not quite believe this ; neither, we suspect,......

Fiction.

THE ANVIL OF CHANCE.? Mown the scene of Mr. Chittenden's story is laid at an American school, and deals largely with the problems of schoohnastering, it differs in many respects......