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According To Maria. By Mrs. John Lane. (john Lane. '

This volume is less a novel than a study of coithinporary manners viewed from a satirical standpoint. The "Maria" of' the title is one of the most intolerable df the race of......

The Last American Frontier. By F. L. Paxson. (macmillan And

Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—Every man has his own gifts, and it is perhaps unreasonable to complain that Professor Paxson does not give us much of the atmosphere with which Parkman has......

China As I Saw It. By A. S. Roe. (hutchinson

and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—These " Woman's Letters from the Celestial Empire " are full of entertainment. They cover something less than two years, the first being written from......

The Ideal Garden. By H. H. Thomas. (cassell And Co.

6s. net.) —No one reaches his ideal, moral or material, but it is a good thing to aim at it. So Mr. Thomas's book will be found useful even to those who are hampered by narrow......

Fifty Years Reminiscences Of A Free Church Musician. By E.

Minshall. (James Clarke and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Minnhnll began his musical experiences at an early age, for he is now but half-way through the sixties. Indeed, he became......

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.] Church Unity. By Charles Augustus Briggs, D.D. (Longmans and Co.......

Readable Nover.s.—first Love. By Marie Van Forst. (mills...

6s.)—An American story of a young man's love for a very much older woman.—The Wild Heart. By M. E. Francis. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)—This is one of Mrs. Blundell's charming......