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The Law Relating To Patents.

The Law and Practice Relating to Letters Patent for Inventions. By Roger William Wallace and John Bruce Williamson. (W. Clowes and Sons. 40s.)—This is a legal text-book on a......

The Evolution Of The English Novel.

The Evolution of the English Novel. By Francis Hovey Stoddard, Professor of English Literature in New York Uni- versity. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—This is a pleasant little book,......

Studies In Texts. By Joseph Parker, D.d. Vol. Vi. (horace

Marshall and Son. 3s. 6d.)—This is the completing volume of Dr. Parker's "Studies." The title is not descriptive, for the texts, so far at least as this volume is concerned, are......

Thomson's Winter : A Reproduction Of The Original...

Introduction by W. Willis, Q.C. (W. H. Bartlett. ls. net.) —Mr. Willis is a collector of editions of Thomson, and is probably unrivalled in his knowledge of the poet, who,......

Some Books Of The Week

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Speaker's Chair. By Edward Lummis. (T. Fisher 17nwin. 2s. 6d.) —In......

The Young Sportsman. Edited By A. E. T. Watson. (lawrence

and Bullen. 10s. 6d.)—Mr. Watson, the editor of the Badminton Magazine, has put together in this volume the articles in the "Encyclopedia of Sport" (published by the same firm)......