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Leaves In The Wind. By Alpha Of The Plough. (dent.

5s; 6d. - net.)—This is an agreeable volume of light essays, collected for the most part from the Star, with illustrations by Mr. Clive Gardiner. The author deserves credit for......

Ii. Samuel. With Introduction And Notes By G. W. Wade

and J. H. Wade. (T. Murby. 3s. 6d. net.)—This new volume of " Murby's Larger Scripture Manuals" deserves commendation as a limid and scholarly edition of a profoundly......

Early Christian Iconography And A School Of Ivory Carvers In

Provence. By E. Baldwin Smith. (Princeton University Press : and H. Milford. 25s. net.)—This valuable essay is designed to intro- duce order into the study of early Christian......

Fiction.

WALKING SHADOWS-t This is Mr. Alfred Noyes's first adventure into the realm of prose fiction and he may be congratulated on the result ; which is quite good enough to challenge......

Wool. By Frank Ormerod. (constable. 6s. 6d. Net.)—this...

volume is the first of a series on "Staple Trades and Industries." It gives a short history of the British woollen industry, a description of the trade in its various stages,......

The Downfall Of Parliamentarianism. By William If M.p.

(Dublin : Maunsel. Is. net.)—Mr. William O'Brien's bitter denun- ciation of the Nationalist Party i8 lively reading. His view is that the Nationalists made a fetish of party......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Haim in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Departure of Dermot. By Standish O'Grady. (Dublin : Talbot Press. ls.)—This attractive prose fancy......

Housing : The Present Opportunity. By E. J. Smith. (p.

S. King. Is.)—Mr. Smith, the Chairman of the Bradford Health Committee, has done a great deal to arouse interest in the Housing question, and this reprint of recent addresses by......

The Empire's Task: The Story Of The Menace Of German

Trade. (Christchurch, N.Z.)—From the South of New Zealand comes this reprint of articles contributed to the Christchurch Press on the German trade menace. It is well to be......

Readable Novels.—the Other Romilly. By E. Phillips Oppen-...

and Stoughton. Os. )—A story of a murder which is only committed in intention. The opening, dealing with the escape of the would-be murderer, is the most exciting part. — Lade......

We May Record The Appearance Of The Fourth Annual Report

of the Medical Research Committee working under the National Health Insurance Commission (4d. net). It illustrates in various ways the immense value of organized research......