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History Of Wardley Hall, Lancashire. By Henry Vaughan...

Straehan Holme. (Sherratt and Hughes. 31s. 6d. net.)—Wardley Hall is in the township of Woraley, about six miles from Manchester. It was built on the site of an older house in......

Graduated French Exercises. By F. E. Robeson, M.a....

3s. 6d.)—As far as we can judge—and a school-book can, perhaps, be really tested by use only—this book should serve its purpose. The plan seems to be well conceived and well......

The P. And 0. Pocket Book. (a. And C. Black.

2s. 6d. net.)— This Pocket Book has, as is proper, its business part and its literary part. In the first we have the management and the agencies, the fleet past and present—it......

The Life Of John Wilkinson, The Jewish Missionary. By His

Youngest Son, Samuel H. Wilkinson. (Morgan and Scott. 6s.) —John Wilkinson, born in 1824, seems to have received religious impressions 'very early. For some years, while engaged......

The Olympic Games. By Theodore Andrea Cook. (a. Constable...

Co. is. net.)—It will suffice to give the sub-title of this book, "A Short History of the Olympic Movement from 18 96 up to the Present Day, together with an Account of the......

Atlas Of Canada, 1906. Prepared By James White, F.r.g.s....

of the Interior.)—This volume contains eighty-three maps and diagrams, in which all details of geology, minerals, forests, telegraphs, railways, population, &c., are elaborately......

The Path To Paris. By Frank Rutter. With Illustrations By

Hanslip Fletcher. (John Lane. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Rutter tells us that he and his colleague, "The Limner," after comparing various routes, determined to make the journey to Paris......

Ti14 Alphonse Daudet Reading Book. By Jetta S. Wolff. (e.

Arnold. is. 6d.)—This is the sixth of Miss Wolff's admirable French reading-books. It marks, we need hardly say, a step upward in the learner's progress. " England," said Daudet......

A History Of The Fifth (royal Irish) Lancers. By W.

T. Wilcox. (A. Doubleday. 42s. net.)—The regiment has undergone more than one change of name. It had its beginning in 1689, when it was known as " Wynn's Euniskellin Dragoons."......

Below And Above The Wafer - Line. By Seafarer. (whitcombe...

2s. 6d.)—" Seafarer" in these "up-to-date sketches of steamship life" gives us descriptions, illustrated by snapshas, of the various persons who work the steamship, are......