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On The Left Of A Throne. By Mrs. Evan Nepean.

(John Lane. 10s. 6d. net.)—This entertaining and admirably illus- trated book does not claim to be a "complete biography " so much as a "personal study" of the unfortunate Duke......

The House Of Cecil. By C. Ravenscroft Dennis. (constable And

Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—The authentic history of the Cecile begins with David Cyseell, or Syssell, of Stamford, the grand- father of Lord Burghley. But in Elizabethan times the......

My Days Of Adventure. By E. A. Vizetelly. (chatto And

Windus. 7s. 6d. net.)—The moat stirring episode in Mr. Vizetelly's adventurous career as a war correspondent was the Franco-German War, with which this volume chiefly deals. Mr.......