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The Electra. Of Euripides.

The Electra of Euripides. Translated by Gilbert Murray, LL.D. (George Allen. 2s. net.)—We are glad to have another of these admirable translations. Never has a great poet had......

The Private Diary Of A.nanda Ranga Pillai.

The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai. Translated from the Tamil and Edited by Sir J. Frederick Price, Assisted by K. Range- chari, B.A. Vol. L, 1736-1746. (Government Press,......

The Rose Red City.

The Jordan 'Valley and Petra. By William Libbey and , : Franklin E. Hoskins. 2 vols. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 25s.)—Messrs. Libbey and Hoskins performed a journey of - which they......

Calcutta.

Calcutta, Past and Present. By Kathleen Blechynden. ( W. Thacker and Co. 7s. net.)—Miss Blechynd en's story of Calcutta begins with a romance,—how its founder, Job Charnock,......

A French View Of American Foreign Policy.

De Moira a Roosevelt, 1823 - 1905. Marquis do Barrel- Montferrat. Avec une Preface de M. le Comte d'Haussonville, de l'Academie Francaise. (Plon-Nourrit et Cie., Paris.)—This is......

The Pacific North-west.

History of the Pacific North - West. By Joseph Schafer. (Mac- millan and Co. 5s.)—The interest attaching to the growth of tho Pacific seaboard of America is perennial, and Mr.......