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Three One Act Plays By Mr. Granville Barker. (sidgwick And

Jackson. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Granville Barker's writing is of so high a standard and his characterization so natural and convincing that his plays are always pleasant to read as......

The Secret Press In Belgium. By Joan Massart. (t. Fisher

Unwin. 2s. 6d. net.)—M. Massart gives a spirited account of the way in which the Belgians have used the printing-press to support their passive resistance to the brutal and......

Nelson's History Of The War. By John Buchan. Vol. Xviii.

(T. Nelson and Sons. Is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Buchan's admirable history of the war pursues its even course. The new volume is timely, for it deals with the German " peace offensive "......

Religion And Common Sense. By Donald Harkey. (andrew...

net.)—The author of A Student in Arms left behind him this little exercise in Christian apologetic, which had been offered at the time of his death to a religious periodical,......

The Motor - Bus In War. By A. M. Beateon. (t. Fisher

Unwin. 5s. net.)—This plain narrative of the experiences of an Army Service Corps officer attached to the Mechanical Transport Service will, we think, help readers to realize......

Thompson : An Autobiography. (constable And Co. Is....

was an attractive if extremely bellicose fox-terrier, with " an enviable strain of bull " in his composition, and in these reminiscences he shows that " a dog's life " can be a......

The Constitution Of Canada. By W. R. Riddell. (h. Milford.

5s. 8d. net.)—In four lectures delivered at Yale, and now reprinted with copious notes, Mr. Justice Riddell, of the Ontario Supreme Court, gives a lucid account of the......

Works Of Reference.—whitaker'e Almattade For 1918 (3s....

the fiftieth annual issue of this familiar and invaluable work. It is as compact, comprehensive, and accurate as ever. The articles on the war are very concise but will be......

The Military Map — Additional Chapters. (macmillan And...

Professor John Marr already given his popular book on Physical Geography the happy title of The Scientific Study of Scenery, this title would have served admirably for the......

The Historical Register Of The University Of Cambridge To...

Year 1910. Edited by J. R. Tanner. (Cambridge University Press. 12s. 6d. net.)—This new supplement to the University Calendar, which has been lightened of historical matter, is......

Sketches In Verse. By M. O. Strachey. With A Foreword

by Frederic Harrison. Illustrated. (Oxford : B. H. Blackwell. 3s. net.) All who love Italy, and who feel starved by their inability to see with their natural eyes Tivoli or......