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The Hereafter And Tiie Undying Hope. By The Rev. Robert

II. Murray. (Cambridge : Heifer. 4s. 6l.)-- Many thoughtful people will be glad to know of Mr. Murray's little book on intimations of immortality. That the soul survives the......

The Great War Between Athens And Sparta. By Bernard W.

Henderson. (Macmillan. ass.) -As " a companion to the military history of Thucydides," this learned and thoughtful treatise by a well-known Oxford tutor is assured of a hearty......

. Thirty Years In The Public Service. By Rose Squire.

(Nisbet. 10s. 6d.)-Miss Rose Squire has had thirty years' experience as a Factory Inspector and the story Of that thirty years, as Sir Edward Troup tells us in his preface,......

The Autobiography Of Kingsley Fair- Bridge. (oxford...

is mainly the story of a boy's adventures in Rhodesia. He writes of his hard- ships and hairbreadth escapes plainly, almost grimly. It is impossible not to believe what he says,......

The Family In Classical China. By Ii . P Wilkinson....

12s. 6d. net.)-Mr. Wilkinson, n-h, was formerly Judge in the British High Court at Wei-liai-iv e k draws attention to the Chinese classics, if rightly used a l sources for the......

An Economic History Of Modern Britain The Early Railway Age,

1820-1850. By J. H. Clapham ( Cambridge University Press. 25s.)-We must be content here to call attention to the first volume of Dr. Clapham'S monumental economic history of......

A Library List

LITERARY AND POETRY :- -Max Havelaar. By Malta Trans. by W. Siebenhaar. (Knopf. 10s. 6d.)--7 Works of Thomas Otway. Three vols. (Nonesuch P £2 2s.)-Victor Hugo. By W. F. Giese.......