Messrs. Methuen Send Us The First Volume Of A History
of England, by Mr. Belloc. There are to be four volumes, pro- ceeding from the Roman Invasion to the opening of the South African War. . We have been eagerly waiting for......
This Week's Books
Tim publishers are more gracious now : we seemed to be in for a stodgy season, but it has been enlivened by a surprising number of good novels. Lately we have received The......
A Book Of The Moment
.J OHN SYMONDS [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE New York Times.] Out of the Past. By Margaret Symonds (Mrs. W. W. Vaughan). (John Murray. 16s. net.) MRS.......
Places And Persons
Places and Persons. By Margot Asquith. (Thornton Butter- worth. 21s.) LAURENCE OLIPHANT divided his world into life-givers and life-takers. We would modify the sweeping sentence......
"none But A Saint Should Write The Life Of A
saint," Mr. Cun-' ninghame Graham quotes in his preface to Doughty Deeds: (Heinemann) ; and so, he suggests, with sinners. And he counts himself well fitted to write this life......
Fifth Competition
THE EDITOR OFFERS A PRIZE OF £5 FOR AN ORIGINAL WARNING IN SIX LINES OF VERSE. WE should prefer to leave it at that ; but perhaps we should then be leaving our readers at a......
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