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My Own Affairs. By The Princess Louise Of Belgium. Trans-

lated by Maude M. C. ffoulkes. (Cassell. 21s. net.)—Princess Louise, the daughter of King Leopold, the divorced wife of Prince Philip of Coburg, and the sister-in-law of the......

Greeks And Barbarians. By J. A. K. Thomson. (1 Allen

and Unwin. 8s. 8d. net.)—In this charming book by an accom- plished scholar the value of the Greek spirit is explained by contrast. The Greeks thought that Hellenism was born of......

Cock And Harlequin. By Jean Cocteau. Translated By Rollo...

(The Egoist Press. 3s. 6d.)—M. Cocteau is one of the most advanced of the young Frenchmen, and this book was very favourably received by his admirers in Paris when it came out.......

The Realm Of Poetry. By Stephen Brown. (harrap. 58. )-

This is the age of text-books, and we live and move and have our being, according to their instructions, so perhaps they can even teach us to be poetry lovers. Mr. Brown......

Crashie Howe. By Bertram Smith. (simpkin. 6s. )—studies Of A

hill parish in Scotland ; the rural life there is charmingly and humorously depicted, and the descriptions of Nature are full of imagination and poetic insight. Had the author......

The Art Of The Novelist. By H. B. Calthrop. (harrap.

7s. 6d.)—This book is for novel readers as well as novel writers by one who has evidently read many novels. It is always readable, and sometimes interesting.......