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Idolatry. By Alice Perrin. (chatto And Windus. 6s.)—mrs....

stories are always interesting, and Idolatry is no exception to the rule. The scene is laid at a small station in the North-West of India, but the interest is purely European.......

The Wad Beasts Of The World. By Frank Finn, F.z.s.

Illus- trated with Reproductions of Drawings by Louis Sargent, Cuthbert E. Swan, and Winifred Austin. Vol. I. (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 10s. 6d. net.)—This first volume contains......

Hints On House Furnishing. By W. Shaw Sparrow. (eveleigh...

75. 6d. net.)—Mr. Sparrow deals with the useful as well as with the ornamental, and what he says on both topics is always to the point and vigorously expressed. Ho brings......

Modern Constitutions. By William Fairleigh Dodd. 2 Vols....

Chicago, U.S. 21s. net.)—Me. Dodd has collected the documents which define the Constitutions of twenty- two States (Austria and Hungary are reckoned separately, and there is a......

The Mystery Of Golf. By Arnold Lis.ultain. (houghton,

and Co. 21s. net.)—We do not know whether there is anything absolutely new in Mr. Haultain's book. What there is, be it old or new, is well put. The "mystery" of the game is its......

Some Books Of The Week.

Mister this heading we valise such Books of Ms week as haw, not been t eSerIllid for review in other forms.) The Official Year-Book of the Church of England. (S.P.C.K. 3s.)......

Ritanseras Novms.—sincaid's Battery. By George W. Cable....

6s.)—A tale of the American Civil War, very picturesque, but a little hard to understand.—His Father's Honour. By David Christie Murray. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6 ')—An old......

The Third French Republic. By Frederick Lawton, M.a....

12s. Od. net.)—Mr. Lawton's "anecdotal narration," as he calls it, of thirty-seven years of French history is a very readable book. Its most valuable part, we think, is to be......

A Short Grammar Of The Greek New Testament. By A.

T. Robertson, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. es. net.)—Professor Robertson comes to his task very well equipped. He has studied the newest books on his subject and assimilated......