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Some Books Of Tue Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not been reserved for renteto in other forms.] Months at the Lakes. By the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley. (James MacLehose and......

An Excellent Text-book For Somewhat Advanced Pupils In...

will be found in Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold, Edited by Richard Wilson, B.A. (E. Arnold, la. 6d.) There is a brief introduction, written in a sympathetic and appreciative......

The Silvery Thames.

The Silvery Thames. Described by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Ernest W. Hazlehust. (Alf. Cook. 21s. net.)—Mr. Jerrold distinguishes three parts of the Thames ; he calls the......

Historical Aberdeen. By G. M. Fraser. (w. Smith,...

net.)—Mr. Fraser, who is in charge of the Aberdeen Library, has taken much trouble, and to good purpose, in putting together this history of Aberdeen. The place may be said to......

Sociological Papers. Vol. Ii. By Francis Galton And...

and Co. 10s. 6d.)—This is the second issue of the Proceedings of the Sociological Society. It contains papers read at the meetings of the Society and reports of the subsequent......

Studies In Ancient Persian History. By P. Kershasp....

Trench, and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—The motto awl); alteram partem is always receiving now applications. We have all been brought up on the Greek story of Persian affairs ; Mr.......

The Rise And Fall Of Reading Abbey. By J. B.

Hurry, M.D. (Elliot Stock. 2s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Hurry's book is an amplified reprint of a presidential address given by the author at the meeting of the Reading Literary and......