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courageous Spaniards who conquered the New World were not a very amiable company. They quarrelled inces- santly, and on occasion could be as cruel to their fellow- countrymen as......

The Minister Of St Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Is...

important man by virtue of his office. But the late holder of the charge had special claimsto remembrance, as Lord Sands shows in his attractive and interesting Life of Andrew......

Astounding Adventures Befall The Negro Sea-captain, Harry...

ill-fated attempt to found an Ethiopian Empire. Some day he will doubtless tell us of his journeys to Scotland and Switzerland, and of the occasion on which he travelled up the......

In On The High Seas (philip Allan, 10s. 6d.), Commander

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It may not be a bad thing to mix a little salutary criticism with the encomiums showered on the Metropolitan Police on the occasion of their centenary. But we feel that in......