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The English Language
Words and Idioms : Studies in the English Language. By L. P. Smith. (12s. 6d.) THESE two books, each in its own sphere, are indications of the direction which the study of......
Napoleon's First Empress
THE latest of the many biographies of the Empress Josephine is a pleasantly written and amusing volume which will interest the general reader if it does not add to what was......
The Science Of Fairytales
The Science of Fairytales. By Edwin Sidney Hartland. (Methuen. 6s. net). IN the latter half of the nineteenth century a learned revolu- tion, happily hidden from children,......
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