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The Man They Hanged. By Robert W. Chambers. (appleton And

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to gauge what can have been in the mind of Mr. Selver when he decided to write this book : impossible to decide whether - it is a far-fetched joke or an attempt to Fn tonish the......

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THE FORTUNES OF HUGO. By Denis Mackail. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d. net.)—This enchantingly light-hearted and diverting book concerns the adventures of Hugo Peak, a rich young man of......

The Beadle. By Pauline Smith. (cape. 7s. (id. Net.)— Finely

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The Immortal Savoyar,ds Gilbert And Sullivan. By A. H....

(Dent. Bs.) IF anyone were to suggest that the characteristic of the En, genius were anything other than individualist, he would howled down by a great number of indignant......

England And New Zealand

gland and New Zealand. By A. J. Barron. With an Intro- duction by Earl Jellieoe. (Methuen. 8e. 6d. net.) PD JEtricoz's impressions of the happy and prosperous minion in which he......