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The Call Of The Stars. By John R. 'kipper. (g.

P. Putnam's -Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Kippax aims at present- ing "in plain, non-technical languuge, a concise and accurate story of the starry heavens, together with the......

So3 4 1e Books Of The W.p.;ek.

[I-Teeter this funding.sr. Rollos 'Ma J3004 rif tho Wag as haw cat Urn rsserosd for review to other forms.] The Fundamental Basis of Nutrition. By Graham Lusk. (Humphrey......

Fiction.

THE LOST TRIBES.* CANON HANNAY alarms the pessimist by the rapidity and extent of his production, but misgiving is largely allayed by acquaintance with the latest fruits of his......

Readable Novels.—the Purple Mids. By F. E. Mills Young....

Lane. 6s.)—A. South African story of love and intrigue, concerning chiefly a " strong, silent man." Miss Young writes with remarkable fluency and has a strong grip of......

Mexican Archaeology. By T. A. Joyce. (p. Lee'warner. 12e....

net.)—Thena are few higher authorities on the subject of this work than Mr. Joyce of the British Museum. He has already contributed a volume on South American archaeology to Mr.......

How To Understand Aeroplane. By S. L. Walkden. (p. Marshall

and Co. is. net.)—A great advance in the manufactum and use of aeroplanes took place in the autumn of 1912. " Learning to fly was transformed from an accom- plishment of the......

The Fruits Of The Morrow. Py Agnes Jacomb. (methuen And

Co. 6e.)—When we rend in the publishers' note that "The Fruits the Morrow is a_novel shelving the consequences of a man's and a woman's conduct in the past and how it affects......

Matthew Hargraves. By B. G. Tallentyre. (smith, Elder,...

6a.)—The date of this exceedingly attractive novel is the opening of the nineteenth oentnry, though, indeed, the "thirties" hare already been reached before the main part Of the......

The Two Americas. By Rafael Reyes. (t. Werner Laurie. 12s.

6d. net.)—General Reyes was President of Colombia from 1934 to .1909, when the unpopularity of his Treaty with the United States and Panama compelled him to quit the country......

His Great Adventure. By Robert Herrick. (mills And Boon....

better half of the book is Part I., entitled "Fortune," in which Edgar Brainard, the hero, becomes casually involved in rescuing the papers of one H. Krutz- macht from the hands......