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The Tylor "festschrift."

Anthropological Essays Presented to Edward Burnett Tyler. By Various Authors. (Clarendon Press. 15s. net.)—What the Germans call a Festschrift is not a common institution in......

Maria Stella, Lady Newborough.

The Mystery of Maria Stella, Lady Newborough. By Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart. Illustrated. (E. Arnold. 7s. 6d. net.)— All the old stories are sure to be raked up again sooner......

Popular Fallacies.

Popular Fallacies. By A. S. E. Ackermann. (Cassell and Co. 68. net.)—Lamb, in his most whimsical vein, contributed a series of little essays on popular fallacies to the New......

Women Of Florence.

Women of Florence. By Isidore del Lunge. Translated by Mary C. Steegmann. With Preface by Dr. Guido Biagi. (Chatto and Windus. 7s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Biagi, with his intimate • know-......

The Life Of Cavour.

The Life of Cavour. By Edward Cadogan. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Cavour died at an age—he had not completed his fifty-first year—when but few of the men who devote......

Devonshire Characters And Strange Events.

Devonshire Characters and Strange Events. By S. Baring - Gould. (John Lane. 215. net.)—We can be sure of considerable enter- tainment when Mr. Baring-Gould undertakes the......