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With This Collection We Have The Fifth Volume Of Public

School Verse, containing twenty-nine poems by seventeen young authors. In every way it compares favourably with the volumes previously published. The verse of Mr. A. C. Frost......

Considered Writers. By Eugene Mason. (methuen. 5s.) Mr....

very much in the spirit of an affable companion in an arm-chair. He writes in a strain of remin- iscence very suggestive of the evening pipe, and gives us some of his own......

Food And Health. By R. H. A. Plimmer And V.

G. Plimmer. (Longman& 2s. 6d.) AMONG the multifarious activities of the faddist, the quack, the ill-informed reformer, special attention has always been given to the subject of......

Ruminations. By Arthur Mcdowall. (heinemann. 6s.) Ma....

restless spirit introduced into life by our swiftly moving and complex machine age ; he contends that the cow has an undeniable attraction, with her slow movements, and the......

Alaska : An Empire In The Making. By John J.

Underwood. Illustrated. (The Bodley Head. 12s. 6d. net.) Ix defining the spirit of the vast American State, its gold, glaciers, volcanoes, forests and distances, Mr. Underwood......

The Story Of The Brontes. By J. C. Wright. (parsons.

5s.) MR. WRIGHT tells us in a delightful vein the story of Charlotte Bronte's entering the room where her father was sitting one morning and exclaiming, " Papa, I've been......

The Complete Jam Cupboard. By Mrs. C. F. Leyel. (routledge.

Is. 6d.) THIS book contains many recipes for all kinds of jams, jellies, marmalades and preserves, with an explanation of the virtues of each. Such delightful dishes as......