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The Little Iliad. By Maurice Hewlett. (william Heinemann....

difficulties of Menelaus and the Trojan War itself must have been far more entertaining for the spectators and critics than for the combatants ; at all events, Mr. Hewlett......

The Story Of The Tower Of London. By Reria Francis.

(Harrap and Co. £1 net.)—There is a magnificence about the format and printing of this new book upon the Tower that should commend it to any who are still lavish in their......

Fiction.

THE LATER LIFE" The Later Life is the second part of a tetralogy, the first part of which, also translated by Mr. de Mattos, we noticed in the issue of February 14th, 1914. The......

Gift - Books.

MORE STORIES FOR GIRLS. THIC last few weeks have produced many books for , girls, from among which we can recommend several. For quite young girls A Troublesome Trio, by Annie......

Allies. By John England. Edited By J. E. Patterson....

Marshall, and Co. es.)—We admit that we are puzzled by Allies ; and we are very little helped in our un- certainty by the Latin tag on the title-page—Mutato nomine de to fabule.......

Attractive Short Stories And Plentiful Illustration Are...

should make popular two volumes issued in good causes. The Queen's Cift Book (Hodder and Stoughton, 2s. 6d. net) is published in aid of Her Majesty's convalescent auxiliary......

Readable Novels.—the Kangaroo Marines. By Captain R. W....

and Co. is. net.)—Stories of the part which the Australian troops have played in the war ; they are somewhat marred by the imaginative romance interwoven with them.—Countrymen......