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If The Elements Had Dealt Out Indifferent Justice To Mr.

Coles he would,not haVe returned from his adventurous cruise in safety . or in such high spirits. But Dibdin's sweet little cherub that sits up aloft seems to be invested with a......

This Is An Invaluable Compilation Both For Pleasure And...

travellers. For the lingering tourist, however, it needs supplementing with the Ordnance Survey maps and with local guides. But as a guide to the general anatomy of our country......

Thine Increase. By P. W. Thompson. (marshall Bros. 2s. 6d.)

Tms is a very earnest and vigorously written plea for alms- giving. The writer urges that we return to the custom of tithe-giving ; that the tithe should be paid regularly by......

Idiot Man ; Or, The Follies Of Mankind. By Charles

Richet. (Werner Laurie. 7s. 6d.) Tins book ought to be depressing, being a catalogue of human ineptitudes ; but it is, in fact, rather stimulating. This is because Professor......

The Shakespeare Association, Extending Its Activities,...

this handsome volume in celebration of the First Folio Tercentenary. It is an important addition to Shakespearean inquiries, and forms the first extended monument to the new......

Current Literature

CHARMS OF THE CONSULAR CAREER. By H. M. Villiers, M.V.O. (Hutchinson and Co. 12s. 6d. net ) THE author of this book has held posts in H.M.'s Consular Service in North and South......

Novels For The Lighthearted

ONCE more we hope to earn our readers' gratitude by giving them a kind of lightning review of the publications of the year which are specially fitted for holiday reading. If we......