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German Days. By A Polish Girl. (j. Murray. 7s. 6d.

net.)— The author, a Polish Jewess born at Posen, describes in this readable book her experiences at various Prussian schools, ending with a finishing school in Berlin. She......

N. Georges Truffault, The Expert Who Developed A...

of market-gardens for the French Army during the war, has written, with Miss Helen Colt, the English horticulturist, a pamphlet on Army Gardens for the benefit of the British......

The Story Of Doctor Johnson. By S. C. Roberts. (cam-

bridge University Press. 4s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Roberts has con- densed and simplified Bossiell's Life of Dr. Johnson in this very attractive little book, adding a few touches from......

The Hekluyt Society Has Published For Its Members The First

volume of The Book of Duarte Barbosa, newly translated from the Portuguese by Mr. N. Longworth Dames. The work is well known to students through a translation made by Lord......

Kelly's Handbook To The Tilled. Landed, And Official...

1919 (Kelly's Directories, 20s. net) deserves a word of cordial praise. The alphabetical arrangement is very convenient, and the entries seem to have been revised with great......

A New Light On Lord Macaulay. By Albert R. Hassaul.

(Toronto; Rockingham Press. 75e.)—Mr. Hassard is an enthu- siastic admirer of Macaulay, but he cannot be said to have thrown any new light on the historian. He points out that......

America And Britain. By Professor A. C. Mclaughlin. (j. M.

Dent. 4s. 6d. net.)—Last spring Professor McLaughlin, of Chicago, visited London and lectured on America's entry into the war, British-American relations, the Monroe Doctrine,......

London Diocese Book For 1919. Edited By Canon Glendinning...

(S.P.C.K. 3s. net.)—This is a model work of reference, well arranged, comprehensive, and commendably accurate in detail. The chapters on the history of the diocese and the......

Translation From French. By R. L. Graeme Ritchie And J.

M. Moore. (Cambridge University Press. 6s. ad. net.)— Most educated people think that translation from French into English is a very easy task. Those who read this very able and......