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In The Tail Of The Peacock.

In the Tail of the Peacock. By Isabel Savory. (Hutchinson and Co. 16s.)—It is necessary to quote by way of explaining this title a Moorish proverb according to which "the earth......

Life And Times Of Griffith Jones Of

LLANDOWROR. • Life and Times of Griffith Jones of Llandowror. By David Jones, B.A. (S.P.C.K. 6s.)—Griffith Jones did his best to rouse the Church in Wales to action at a time......

An Ivory Trader In North Kenia.

An Ivory Trader in North Kenia. By A. Arkell - Hardwick. (Long- mans and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—The author, with his companions, took the railway at Mombasa, and followed it as far......

A Book Of The Country And The Garden.

A Book of the Country and the Garden. By H. M. Batson. With 72 Illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould and A. C. Gould. (Methuen and Co. 10s. 6d.)—Miss Batson writes in a very......

Scottish Portraits, And A New Portrait Of Shakespeare.

Scottish Portraits. Edited by James L. Caw. Portfolio II. (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 21s. net.)—These twenty-four portraits of eminent Scottish soldiers, politicians, and divines......

The Question Of English Divorce.

The Question of English Divorce. (Grant Richards. 2s. net.)—The writer of this " essay " thinks that " a wife should be allowed to divorce her husband for the same causes for......