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The Blood Tax. By Dorothea Gerard. (hutchinson And Co....

sub-title of this book is "A Military Romance," but we cannot see much romance about it ; what there is certainly does not attract. A young Englishman, very much in favour of......

We Have Received The Half-yearly (november-april) Volumes...

Illustrated Monthly Magazine (10s. 6d.) and of St. Nicholas : an Ilustrated Magazine for Young Folks (8s. 6d.) (Macmillan and Co.) Both magazines are so widely known, and......

A Heart Of Flame. By C. F. Embree. (methuen And

Co. 6s.) —This is a strange story, written in strange English,—as, e.g., smiling with "sinuousness of lip." In fact, it has now and then the look of a translation. The tale......

Some Books Of The Week, [under This Heading We Notice

such Books of the week 04 hay' not been reserved for review in other Airnm] The Annual Register, 1901. (Longmans and Co. 18s )—The heading of the second section of Part I. is......

C Urrent Literature.

ART BOOKS. Lives of Brunelleschi, Giotto, Mantegna, Rembrandt, Gerard Dou, and Wilkie have been added to Messrs. Bell and Sons' " Great Masters" series (5s. each). Mr. Leader......