27 FEBRUARY 1909, page 23

The United States As A World Power. By Archibald Cary

Coolidge. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. ficl. net.)—Mr. Coolidge deals with many interesting questions which we do not feel dispose4 to discuss. Prominent among them is the Monroe......

The Story Of Libraries And Book Collecting. By Ernest A.

Savage. (George Routledge and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Savage, who presides over the public libraries of Wallasey, has given us hero a very interesting little book. He devotes......

Rioadasle Novell—the Hand Of The Spoiler. By Sidney...

and Stoughton. 6s.)—A story of some strange criminals who receive their deserts in a strange manner. --The Whispering Man. By H. K. Webster. (Eveleigh Nash. 6s.)—Mr. Webster......

Political Annals Of Canada. By 4. P. Cockburn. (stanley Paul

and Co. 10s. 6d. net,)—Mr. Coakburn has taken a con- siderable part in public affairs in Canada, sittiug in the fit Ontario Parliament, and in successive Parliaments of the......

John Broome's Wife. By E. B. Moffat. (t. Fisher Unwin.

6s.) —This is the story of a woman who is betrayed by her lover, and to whom John Broome, a blind neighbour, offers the protection of his name. John Broome's Quixotism, however,......

Some Books Of The Week.

[under ode heading we notice such Books of the week as hew, not bun reserved .1 . 01• rosiest, in other forme.] The latest volume of "The Century Bible" (T. C. and E. C. Jack,......

The Muse Called Liwrrish. By "rita." (hutchinson And Co....

is a story of a morphinomanioe, whose companion, Judith Sarsefield, is the heroine of the novel. "Rita" has chosen to write the book in throe forms, the first narrative, the......

India. By Victor Surridge. (t. C. And E. C. Jack.

60. not.)— India is, indeed, an "inexhaustible mine" for those who seek the treasures of historical romance. Mr. Surridge begins with Siveji, and he could not have done better.......