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Old And New Japan.

Old and New Japan. By Clive Holland. (J. M. Dent and Co. 15s. net.)—This is a delightful book, and in saying this we have practically indicated its character. It cannot be said......

The Russian Peasant, The Russian Peasant. By Howard P....

M.D. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s. net.)—The author of this volume has gained his knowledge of the peasant "from personal contact, and living with him in the villages in all parts of......

The Growth Of Modern Nations.

Thit Growth of Modern Nations: a History of the Particularist Form of Society. Translated from the French of Henri de Tour- ville by M. G. Loch. (Edward Arnold. 12s. 6d.......

The Awakening Of A Rice.

The Awakening of a Race, by George E. Boxall (T. Fisher Unwin, 7s. 6d. net), is not a pleasant work, though the obvious earnestness of the author, who has few qualifications, so......

Fourteen Years In Parliament.

Fourteen Years in Parliament. By A. S. T. Griffith-Boseawen. (John Murray. 103. 6d.)—The late Member for the Tonbridge division of Kent has in this pleasant, if also mildly......