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Old Harrow Days. By J. G. Cotton Minchin. (methuen And

Co.)—Mr. Cotton Minchin tells his story with a quite unusual frankness. We are quite sure that he sets down naught in malice ; at the same time, he extenuates nothing. His......

The Cid Ballads, And Other Poems And Translations From...

and German. By the late James Young Gibson. With Memoir. Second edition. (Kegan Paul and Co. 12a.)—This second edition of Mr. Gibson's excellent translations differs little from......

Man's Place In The Cosmos, And Other Essays. By Andrew

Seth, M.A. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 7s. 6d. net.)—We can give but a brief notice to the essays included in this volume ; the importance and magnitude of the subjects with which......

Theology.—the Bible And Its Inspiration. By George S....

(Jarrold and Sons.)—Dr. Barrett, who holds a high place in the Congregational body (he is a Past-President of the Union), gave an address to the Norwich Sunday School Union on......

The Rise Of The British Naval Power. By Fleetwood H.

Pellew. (Mardon, Son, and Hall, Bristol.)—The author of this book, or rather brochure, who is the honorary secretary of the Bristol branch of the Navy League, is very much in......