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Amulets.

Amulets. By W. M. Flinders Petrie. (Constable and Co. 21s. net.)—The present volume is the first of a series dealing with various branches of Egyptian archaeology as illustrated......

Elementary Building Construction.

A Text-Book of Elementary Building Construction. By A. R. Sage and W. E. Fretwell. (Methuen and Co. 3e. 6d. net.)—Most people have, at one time or another, felt that desire to......

Guide-books.

Terry's Japanese Empire. By T. Philip Terry. (Constable and Co. 21e. net.)—Travellers are regretfully aware that there is as yet no Baedeker for Japan, though there is an......

Law Books.

The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy. By G. L. Hardy. (Effingham Wilson. 2s. 6d. net.)—A useful summary of bankruptcy law designed both for lawyers and laymen, embodying the......

Religious Biographies.

The Life of Henry J. Pope, by his Son (5s. net); The Life of Thomas Bowman Stephenson, by William Bradfield (5s. net); Love and Life : the Story of J. Denholm Brash, by his Son......

Current Literature.

BOOKS ON INDIAN SUBJECTS. Th,e Fundamental Unity of India (from, Hindu Sources). By Professor Radhakumud Mookerji. With an Introduction by J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P. (Longmans......

The Bed-book Of Happiness.

The Bed-Book of Happiness. By Harold Begbie. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—The Bed-Book of Happiness is an anthology of prose and verse, which thus describes itself: "A......

The Riddle Of Mars The Planet.

The Biddle of Mars the Planet. By 0. E. Housden. (Longmana and Co. Be. 6d. net.)—The author of this striking essay starts from the observations which have led Mr. Lowell to......