24 NOVEMBER 1906, page 20

The Advent Of The Spectroscope.*

THERE is no science which appeals more strongly to the lay reader than astronomy. Thus a wide audience should be found for the excellent and interesting brief history of its......

Mrs. Atherton's New Work Furnishes Yet Another Example Of An

essentially modern variation of the imaginative treatment of historical fact. In the old historical romances writers allowed themselves a very free hand. The principal......

More About Miss Burney.* It Is One Of The Misfortunes

of our age to overdo both the praise and censure of the past. An author who manages to touch the imagination of intelligent people cannot escape from a curiosity which, if it......