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A History Of Chess.

A History of Chess. By H. J. R. Murray. (Clarendon Press. 38e. net.)—This work of stupendous learning shows an hereditary capacity for patient research. Mr. Murray has done for......

Notable Women In History.

Notable Women in History. By Willis J. Abbot. (Greening and Co. 16s. net.)—Mr. Abbot thinks that no one can read his sketches of seventy famous women without " appreciating some......

Roman Private Law.

Boman Private Law : Jurisprudence. By E. C. Clark, LL.D. 2 vols. (Cambridge University Press. 21s. net.)— These two interesting volumes have been compiled by Dr. Clark, Regius......

The Journal Of The Society Of Comparative Legislation.

The Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation. New Series: No. XXX., January, 1914. Edited by Sir L Macdonell, C.B., LL.D., and E. Manson. (John Murray. So. net.)—The......

Compulsory Arbitration In Industrial Disputes.

Compulsory Arbitration in Industrial Disputes. By W. F. Hamilton, K.C. (Butterworth and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This useful little book is the result of a visit paid in 1912 (the year......

Plant Life In Lab British Isles.

Plant Life in the British Isles. By A. R. Horwood. Illustrated with 73 Photographs. (J. and A. Churchill. 6s. 6d. net.)—This little book is an introduction to the study of......

The Port Boors Of Southampton.

The Port Books of Southampton, 1427-1430. Transcribed and Edited by Paul Studer. (Southampton Cox and Sharland. 15s. 9d. net.)—The Southampton Record Society is now in its......

Chemistry And Its Borderland.

Chemistry and its Borderland. By Alfred W. Stewart. (Longman and Co. Ss. net.)—Dr. Stewart gives the non- technical reader a lucid account of "some recent develop- ments in......