Mexico And The Caribbean. Edited By G. H. Blakeslee. (new
York : 0. E. Stechert.)—This book contains twenty - three lectures delivered by as many lecturers at a Conference upon International Relations at Clark University, Worcester,......
The New Education, Edited By Mr. L. Haden Guest (hodder
and Stoughton, 2s. net), will prove a valuable book of refer- ence for those who have to deal with the new Education Act— the Act which, it is intended, shall convert the "......
The English Flower Garden. By W. Robinson. (murray. 30s....
Robinson's excellent and familiar book has reappeared in a thirteenth edition. It is in part a treatise on flowers, trees, and shrubs, in part a gardener's dictionary, and is......
In Children's Dreams (longmans, 5s. Net) Mr. C. W. Kimmins
records a large number of the dreams of children. These should prove useful material for all those who study the manifestations of the unconscious mind both of children and......
Anthony Aston. By Watson Nicholson. (published By The...
Haben, Michigan.) A conscientious study of the vagaries of this early Georgian character about whom so little is known except that he was a good comedian. The author appears to......
Whether They Are Genuine Or Not, The Letters Of The
Lady of the Chinese Courtyard, by Elizabeth Cooper (T. N. Foulis, 6s.), which is a sequel to The Love Letters of a Chinese Lady, are not completely convincing. This may, of......
Like Many Books Nominally Intended For Children, The...
(John Lane, 3s. 6d.) is a series of potted film scenarios really for the lighter moments of grown-up people. This seems to us a device in the realms of humour hardly less......
Days And Hours. By Eleanor Elsner. (heinemann. Se.)— The...
essays are those that deal with the lesser known villages of the French Riviera, so often neglected by the traveller. They show a real appreciation of their charm and beauty.......
Mr. Arnold Bennett Has Been Called "the Gordon Selfridge Of
English letters." In Things That Have Interested Me (Chatto and WindUs, 9s.) he has been having a remnant sale. We failed, however, to find anything in it that we desired to......
Kipling's Sussex. By R. Thurston Hopkins. (simpkin,...
net.)—This is a readable book about Burwash, Winchelsea, Rye, Pevensey, Newhaven, and other places in Sussex which have inspired Mr. Kipling. A chapter is given to the Downs ;......
Points Of View. By Elinor Glyn. (duckworth. 6s. Net.)— Mrs.
Elinor Glyn is unfortunately obsessed by sex as to her views and by verbosity as to her expression, but if the reader can partly discount the one and shoulder through the other,......
The Culture Of Vegetables And Flowers From Seeds And Roots.
By Sutton and Sons, Reading. (Simpkin, Marshall. 10s. 6d. net.) This strictly business-like and very useful treatise has reached its sixteenth edition. Apart from the......
Nile And Jordan. By The Rev. G. A. Frank Knight.
(James Clarke. 36e. net.)—In this elaborate work, the product of much patient research, Mr. Knight traces the relations between Egypt and Palestine from the earliest times to......
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