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The British Empire.

The Life of an Empire, by Walter Meakin (T. Fisher Unwin, 6s. net), is an "attempt to write of the British Empire as if it were one vast country inhabited by numerous different......

Society Recollections In Paris And Vienna.

Society Recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879 - 1904. By an English Officer. (John Long. 12s. net.)—A title may often be most misleading, and reviews are useful in dispelling......

Lisbon And Cintra.

Lisbon and Cintra. By A. C. Inchbold. Illustrated by Stanley Inchbold. (Chatto and Windus. 10s. 6c1. net.)—Nowadays there is such a desire to crowd everything into our already......

Pekin To Paris In A Motorcar.

Pekin to Paris : the Account of Prince Borghese's Journey across Two Continents in a Motor-Car. By Luigi Bimini. (E. Grant Richards. 16s. net.)—It is a true joy to come across a......

Wagner In Der Karikatur. (media And Co. 10s.)—the Carica-...

of Wagner make quite a large book Many are, of course, of local and political meaning. Those which relate entirely to the works of the composer are the most intelligible and......

Goal Etsadings, And How To Enjoy Them : Norman Architecture.

By Edith Browne. (Land C. Black. Ss. 6d.)—This book is put together ina very sensible way. First COM illustrated explana- tions of architectural terms ; after this we get a......