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The Autobio . Graphy Of A Veteran. By General Enrico Della

Rocca. Transtated by Janet Ross. (T. Fisher -17nwin. 21e.)— The autobiography of General Enrico Della Rocca, the intimate and devoted friend of Victor Emanuel, reveals so......

One Hundred Fables Of Aisop. With Pictures By Percy J.

Bil- linghurst, and an Introduction by Kenneth Grahame. (John Lane. 6a.)—" This classic is here given forth in the brave old seventeenth-century version of Sir Roger......

Eleanor Leslie : A Memoir. By J. M. Stone. (art

and Book Company. 7s. 6d.)—The Life of Eleanor Leslie is a book which has little interest for any but Catholic readers. Mrs. Leslie was a devout lady, apparently of much......

A Critical And Exegetical Commentary On The Books Of Samuel.

By Henry Preserved Smith. (T. and T. Clark. 12a)—Thia is a volume of the " International Critical Commentary." Professor Smith applies the higher criticism with much ingenuity......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this Heading we notice such Books of the aisle es hays not been reserved for review in other forms.] Banners of the Christian Faith. By the Bishop of Stepney. (Wells......

Early Italian Love Stories. Taken From The Originals By Una

Taylor. Illustrated by Henry J. Ford. (Longman and Co. 15s.)—These stories range from Boccaccio in the fourteenth century to Matteo Bandello in the sixteenth. The difficult work......

Sketches From Memory. By G. A. Storey, A.r.a. With 93

Illustrations by the Author. (Chatto and Windus. 12s. 6d.) —This book is so full of good stories and pleasant talk that it is difficult to know which part to call our readers'......

The Church And Its Accusers. By Joseph Hammond, Ll.b....

and Sons.)—This volume contains six addresses, which have for their object to "-defend the Christian Church against the aspersions of the Nonconformists." Canon Hammond's tone......

Messrs. Dent And Co. Are Bringing Out A Series Of

"Illustrated English Poems " (3s. 6d.), edited by Mr. Ernest Rhys. Of the four sent for review, The Songs of Shakespeare, illustrated by Mr. Paul Woodroffe, is the best. He has......