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"what Is Secondary Education ? " Essays. Edited By R.

P. Scott, M.A. (Rivingtons. 2s. 43d.)—Some forty writers, most of them experts in their way, combine to answer this question, and to deal with various problems that are......

Nu/ace, Ruedok, And The Valley Of The Welsh Dee. By

an " F.R.A." (Pewtress and Co.)—Mr. Lloyd Price gives an account, with photographs of exteriors and interiors, of his house, Rulace, alias Rhicolis, in the county of Merioneth,......

John Howard. By The Rev. Il H. Scullard, M.a. (hazen,

Watson, and Viney. 2s.)—Mr. Scullard, who is the minister of the "Howard Congregational Church, Bedford," here publishes a lecture which he delivered "in connection with the......

Thrology.—the Coining And Going Of Customs...

D.D. (J. Parker and Co. 6d.)—This is a fine sermon, outspoken, sensible, and admirably adapted to the present time. Dr. Jessopp takes occasion of St. Paul's use of the word......

History Of The Russian Fleet. By A Contemporary...

Edited by Vice-Admiral Cyprian A. G. Bridge. (Navy Records Society.)—Some Englishman unknown, who was probably in the service of Peter the Great, wrote, partly during his period......

Essays And Nature Studies. By W. J. C. Miller. Edited,

with Introduction, by H. Kirke Swann. (Elliot Stock.)—Mr. Miller occupied for twenty years the post of Registrar to the Medical Council, and for a very considerable time edited......

Berkhill : A Reminiscence. By A "liverpool Merchant." (j....

Selkirk.)—These are very pleasant sketches, with some striking illustrations by Mr. Isaac Cooke, R.B.A. We gladly make acquaintance with the place and with the people, for......

We Welcome Wirt Merseiana, Vol. I. (th. Wohlleben, 7s. Gd.

net). This is the beginning of a series to which we wish all possible prosperity, to be published annually by the Arts Faculty of University College, Liverpool. The Faculty is......