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Religion In Japan. By George A. Cobbold. (s.p.c.k.)—shin-...

and Christianity are the subjects of Mr. Cobbold's excellent little essay. The first is of no great import- ance as a factor in the religious thought of the nation, though it......

'the Publishing-house Of Rivington. By Soptimus...

Co.)—There was no small regret felt .five years ago when the historic name of Rivington disappeared from the title-1 ages of books. It has now, as our readers will probably have......

Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War....

by G. W. Cable and others. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—There certainly never was a war that produced so much literature as did the great struggle of North and South in the United States.......

The Poems Of George Herbert. (ilagster And Sons.)—this Is A

neat and conveniently shaped little volume, nicely printed, with an ornamental border to the pages. It is one of a series entitled " Christian Classics," in -which "The......

A History Of Northumberland. By Edward Bateson, B.a....

Sons, and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.)—A County History on the old-fashioned scale of size is a rare, almost singular, sight ill these days. There are little books, excellent in......