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The Road Wandered. By Henry Shaweross. (andrew Melrose....

chapters from a larger book, Nature and the Idealist, in the style of Richard Jefferies' Story of my Heart. The descriptions of nature are attractive. The author has imagination......

Barbizon House. An Illustrated Record, 1920. (8 Henrietta...

Square. 21s.)—Mr. Creel Thomson has again prepared a record, carefully written and freely illustrated, of the more important pictures and other works of art which have passed......

Works Ox Reference. — Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage,...

A. G. M. Hesilrige (Dean, 75s. net), has been revised up to the end of November, and proves to be as accurate as ever, where we have tested it. Even the " Companionage "......

Windfalls. By "alpha Of The Plough." (dent. 6s. Net.)—...

on subjects that range from the habits of ducks to re- reading the classics, mostly in a humorous vein. This is the third volume of the series, and the author, who disguises......

A Dictionary Of Napoleon And Cis Times. By Il N.

B. Richard- son. (Cassell. 30s. net.)—This is a useful compilation, though it needs revision and should be used with care. It includes short biographies of Napoleon's family and......

Mks Agnes Anderson Has Written A Personal War History Of

a rather new sort. This time the subject of the biography is a Q.M.A.A.C. ("Johnnie." Heath Cranton. 6s.)—" Johnnie" was a Scotch girl brought up in a strict and very religious......

How To Identify Persian Rugs. By C. J. Delabere May.

(Bell. 6s. net.)—This is a practical little book, lucidly written and effectively illustrated. The author is not afraid to give the elementary explanations which beginners need,......