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The Palace Of Poor Jack. By Frank T. Bullen. (j.

Nisbet and Co. is. net.)—Mr. Crockett commends Mr. Bullen to the public —modestly saying that the " Palace " needs no " porch " of his making—and Mr. Bullen commends a design......

We Have Received A Very Convenient Edition, Described As...

Elongated Edition," of The Book of Common Prayer (Oxford Press), which may be obtained with or without "Hymns, Ancient and Modern," attached, and also printed on either common......

Dartmoor Illustrated. By T. A. Falcon, M.a. (j. G. C,ommin,

Exeter. 12s. 6d. net and 25s.)—This volume is intended to be a "Pictorial Companion" to a recent republication of the "Peram- bulation of Dartmoor and the Venville Precincts."......

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,......

Eiententary Studies In Chemistry. By Joseph Torrey, Jun....

and Co. Gs. net.)—Mr. Torrey is an instructor in Harvard University. It is specially interesting, therefore, to see what demands lie makes on behalf of the subject which he pro-......

New Editions.—in "the New Century Library" (nelson And...

have Vol. V. of "The New Century Thackeray " (2s.), containing The Paris Sketch-Book, The Irish Sketch-Book, A Journey from Cornhill to Cairo.—Curiosities of Natural History. By......

Half - Hours In Japan. By The Rev. Herbert Moore. (t. Fisher

Unwin. (1s.)—Mr. Moore, who has been engaged in missionary work in Japan, writes a pleasant little book—perhaps too elabor- ately simple in style—about the manners and customs......

War Booxs.—of Books About The War In South Africa We

have The Siege of Mafeking, by J. Angus Hamilton (Methuen and Co, 6s.) Mr. Hamilton republishes in this volume certain con- tributions to the Times and to Black and White,......