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A Double Conquest. By H. Y . . Dawbarn. (charles H. Kelly.

3s. 6d.)—Here we have quite the old-fashioned story, with the mischievous children who mean well, the bigoted parson who is a good fellow all the same, the haughty aunt, the......

A Dictionary Of Ecclesiastical Terms. By John S. Bumpus. (t.

Werner Laurie. 21s. net.)—We may quote the sub-title, which, defining the meaning of the word "terms," sets forth the purpose of the book. They are words and phrases "used in......

Fifty-two Classic Stories. Edited By Francis Storr....

Co. 5s.)—Mr. Story, with the help of five contributors, has made an attractive book on a subject which never can be exhausted. Every land has its folk-tales, but there is......

Pam And Billy. By Brenda Girvin. (george Allen And Sons.

3s. 6d.)—" Billie Brown" has a violin which he devoutly believes to be the home of a fairy. Some rude hand breaks it, and he is sorely troubled. The joy of his life is gone.......

Old _english Houses. By Allan Fes. (martin Seeker. 10s. 6d.

net.)—Mr. Fea describes his book as "the record of a random itinerary," and such it is, for in his two hundred and sixty-five pages he takes us through ten counties (all, we may......

New Edmons.—prontelheus Unbound, And Other Poems (1820)....

Shelley. (The Clarendon Press. 2s. 6d. net.)—Lepers. By John Jackson. (Marshall Brothers. 3s. 6d. net.)—A history of thirty-four years' work carried on by the Mission to Lepers......

The Writers' And Artists' Year-book (a. And C. Black, Is.

net) describes itself as "a Directory for Writers, Artists, and Photo- graphers "; that is, it enumerates, with particulars of object, ex., the various periodicals, &c., where......

Stories From Xenophon. Retold By H. L. Havell, B.a. (g.

G. Harrap and Co. ls. 6d.)—Mr. Havell goes for his stories to the "Hellenica," carrying on the narrative down to the return of Thrasybulus and the fall of the Thirty, to the......

Mowbray's Annual : The Churchman's Year-book. (a. R. Mow-...

and Co. ls. and Is. 6d. net.)—This annual appears for the third time. It may be described as a miniature Church dictionary, and is likely to be very useful.......

Gift - Books.

The Earth and its Story. By A. B. Dwerryhouse. (Charles H. Kelly. 5s. net.)—This introduction to geology and physiography is undeniably lucid and interesting. The style is......

Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, And Knightage. (dean And...

net.)—Debrett has more than usual to record in the present issue. Among the hundred-and-odd years of its existence scarcely ono can be found that has given more material. Thero......

The Flint Heart. By Eden Phillpotts. (smith, Elder, And Co.

6s.)—A certain ambitious man among the New Stoners, Phutt by name, procures from the medicine-man of his tribe a charm, a heart of flint. It gives him the strength by which he......