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Notes By The Way, With Memoirs Of Joseph Knight And

the Rev. Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth. By John Collins Francis. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.)—Joseph; Knight was editor of Notes and Queries from 1883 till his death in 1907, and......

" Western Morning News" Guide To Dartmoor. By William...

(Western Morning News Company, Plymouth. 3s.)— " This book," we are told, "is the first to give a complete topo- graphical description of Dartmoor." It tells us, not about the......

The Dictionary Of National Biography. Edited By Sidney...

Elder, and Co. 15s. net.)—This sixteenth volume of the now issue takes in XLVL-XLVIII. of the original edition, from "Ralph Pocock" to "Sanderson Robins." Among the " Robins "......

The Garden Week By Week. By Walter P. Wright. (grant

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A Short History Of Pittsburgh. By Samuel Harlon Church. (the

Do Vinito Preis, New York.)--George Washington was the authentic founder of Pittsburgh. Ho chose the place as the site of a fort. He was present in 1758 when the British flag......