Fiction.
OVER HERE.t Arita a positive glut of political Irish novels, it is something of a relief to come across one from which politics are wholly •excluded. But the attractions of Over......
Major Sir Filippo De Filippi Describes In The First Annual
Italian lecture of the British Academy Italy's Protection of Art Treasures and Monuments during the War (H. Milford, 6d. net). The most elaborate precautions have been taken in......
A General Sketch Of European Literature In The Centuries Of
Romance. By Laurie Magnus. (Kegan Paul and Co. 108. Od. net.)--In this very readable volume, to be followed by two others, Mr. Magnus has provided for the period ending with......
Stamp Collections For War Museums. By F. J. Melville....
Gibbons. 6d.)—In this well-illustrated pamphlet, written for the Junior Philatelic Society, Mr. Melville shows how interesting and Instructive a collection of war stamps may be.......
Readable Novels.—a King In Babylon. By Burton E....
and Co. 6s.)—The first story of this author, Little Comrade, had raised the hopes of readers that a real master of the novel of adventure had arisen. The present book does not......
Municipal Government In Ireland : Mediaeval And Modern....
J. Webb. (T. Fisher Unwin. be. net.)—As a short history of the rise and development of the Irish boroughs, this book has no small merits. But it is characteristic of the......
A Short History Of Rome. By G. Ferrero And C.
Barbagallo. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 10s. net.)—Those who have not had time to read Signor Ferrero's large and brilliant work on the later Republic and the early Empire will find......
An Introduction To The History Of Science. By Walter Libby.
(George G. Harrap and Co. Os. net.)—This pleasantly written. little book, by a Professor of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, is intended to interest young people in the......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Modern Sans of the Pharaohs. By S. H. Leader. (Hodder and Stoughton. 16s.net. )—This interesting and......
Harrow School Has Acted On The Example Sot By Repton
and followed by Eton in starting a journal which, unlike the average school magazine, is devoted to views and not to news. The first number of Beginnings (School Book Shop,......
Good Stories From Oxford And Cambridge. Compiled By T. Selby
Henrey. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This is a well- arranged and amusing collection of anecdotes and sayings, most of which are none the worse, as Sir Herbert......
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