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Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Back Blocks of China. By H. Logan Jack, LL.D. (E. Arnold. 10s. 6d.......

The Cathedral Church Of St. Patrick. By J. H. Bernard,

D.D., Dean. (G. Bell and Sons. Is. 6d. net.)—This is a welcome addition to the "Cathedral" Series, the work of the person who is best qualified to write it. The history of the......

Thackeray's Reviews That It Has Been Possible To Recover And

identify. The chief find of papers never before republished has been one of four contributed to the Times in November, 1838. Thackeray sent in his "little bill"—the sum total of......

The Mark. By Aquila Kempster. (hutchinson And Co. 6s.) —mr.

Kempster takes us into cryptic regions known to us only by bare report. There is a wonderful seer, a scarcely less wonderful woman, magic crystals, drugs of mysterious potency,......

C Urrent Literature.

LONDON EDUCATION. London Education. By Sidney Webb. (Long,mans and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—This small but important volume will prove, we imagine, of great weight in deciding the......

Pastor Hsi. By Mrs. Howard Taylor. (morgan And Scott. 3s.

6d. net.)—Hsi was "a man of position and influence, a cultured Confucianist." We can easily believe, then, that it caused no little astonishment in his native village when he......