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Readable Novels. — The Silent Battlefield. By Mary L....

and Hall. 7s.)—A story of an illegitimate child, whose mother "makes good" in a country shop, which the son expands into a groat business. The characters of the drama are well......

Some Books Of The Week.

!AVM. in this Mama does not aeetaarity pseuds subsequent resins.] Ties QUAIITEILLIF3. — The Edinburgh for January opens with suggestive article on "Profit Sharing in......

Fiction.

A LITTLE SH1E.t Taus are changed since Byron wrote :— " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean—roll I Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with......

The Origin Of Consciousness..

THE purpose of Professor Strong's book is to consider " whether consciousness can be so conceived that its evolutionary origin shall be possible," and so to lay the foundations......

French-canadians In Ontario.•

Ms. Wn.uaes H. Moons has written an interesting book upon what he calls " the clash " of the two nationalities of Canada— the French and the English. He has written more......