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Messrs. Thomas Nelson And Sons Send Us A Variety Of

educa- tional volumes. First we would mention The Orkney Book, Compiled and Edited by John Gunn, D.Sc. (2s.), bearing as its sub-title "Readings for Young Orcadians," and......

Historical Tales For Young Protestants. New And Enlarged...

2s.)—Among these "tales" are the stories of Peter Waldo, Wyclif, Hus, Martin Luther, the St. Bartholomew, and Gunpowder Plot.......

The Isle Of Man. Described By Agnes Herbert. Illustrated By

Donald Maxwell. (John Lane. 103. 6d. net.)—Miss Herbert touches upon many things, history, archaeology, social matters, business, scenery, &c., and always with a light and......

Palestine Exploration Fund : Quarterly Statement. (38...

2s. 6d.)—This number contains some further details about Gezer, especially a description, with ground plan, of a con- siderable house of the Hellenistic period. The discussion......

A Polyglot List Of Birds In Turki, Manchu, And Chinese.

By E. Denison Ross, Ph.D. (The Asiatic Society, 57 Park Street, Calcutta. 6s.)—We are glad to bring to the notice of ornitholo- gists with knowledge of the East a very......

Mysore And Coorg, From The Inscriptions. By B. Lewis Rice.

(A. Constable and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—We all know how Greek and Roman history has been supplemented and made exact by the study of inscriptions. Here work of the same kind has......

Journal Of An Expedition Across Venezuela And Colombia....

Bingham, Ph.D. (T. Fisher ITnwirt. 10s. net.)—Dr. Bingham's object in making this journey was to explore the route of Bolivar's march in 1819 and the battlefields on which he......