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Viscount Dundee, By Louis A. Barbe (oliphant, Anderson,...

is. 6d. net), is the latest volume of the "Famous Scots Series." We have no fault to find with the tone of this biography. Mr. Barbe appears to be a Jacobite, and regards......

India And Our Fiscal Policy. By Sir Roper Lethbridge....

Morning News.) — Sir Roper Lethbridge is a con- vinced "Fair-trader," a term which probably stands to " Pro- tectionist " much as "Conservative" does to "Tory." He supports his......

The Great Bread Riots : A Political Romance. By J.

St. Los Strachey. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6d. net.)—For obvious reasons we can say nothing in criticism of this contribution to the fiscal controversy. It is written by the......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of a. week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Handbook for Speakers on. the Tariff Question. (The Free - Trade Union,......

C U Rrent Lite Rat U Re.

THE QUARTERLIES. This strong number of the Edinburgh Review contains some very notable articles. 'The Pontificate of Leo XIII." is a judicial ex- hibition of the forces......

Gossip From Paris. By Anthony B. North Peat. Selected And

Arranged by A. R. Waller. (liegan Paul and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)— Mr. Peat was an attache in the Cabinet du Ministre de VInterieur for some years before the Franco-Prussian War. He......

The Book Of Shrubs. By George Gordon. (j. Lane. 2s.

6d. net.) —This is Vol. XV. of the "Handbooks of Practical Gardening," edited by Harry Roberts. Mr. Gordon points out with perfect truth that the great opportunities of shrub......