In Spite Of The Rivalry Of Such Modern Inventions As
the "jig.saw," Patience remains as the staple recreation for the solitary mind. Two additions to the literature of the subject will accordingly find a wide welcome. These are d......
Ten Years Ago Scarcely Any One Knew That Such Things
as folk-dances had ever existed in England, still less that they still survived in some districts. The study of our folk-mneic has a somewhat longer date, but has only recently......
Private Family Histories Are Not Likely To Ho Of Very
great interest to the general public except in a few rare cases. And it is doubtful whether The History of the Evelyn Family, by Helen Evelyn (Eveleigh Nash, 16a. net), is......
We Have Already Reviewed At Length One Of The Four
new Volumes in the "Home University Library" and Norgate, Is. net each), Mr. John Bailey's delightful criticism of Milton. The remaining three, which we must pass with a mere......
The Importance Of The Influence Of Insects Upon The...
of human life is beginning to be generally understood. Mr. O. A. Ealand in Insects and Han (Grant Richards, 12s. net) discusses the habits of those among the insects which come......
Few Visitors To Italy Penetrate Very Far South Of Naples.
As Mr. Norman Douglas remarks in his book upon Old Calabria (Martin Sacker, 15s. net), "the adventurous type of Anglo-Saxon probably thinks the country too tame; scholars, too......
A Volume Of .representative English Dramas From Dryden To...
has been chosen by Professor Frederick Tupper and ProfessorJamesW.Tupper (HumphreyMilford for the American Branch of the Oxford University Press, Se. net). To select a dozen......
Twenty-one New Volumes Have Just Been Added To " Every-
man's Library "(J. M. Dent and Sons, la. net each). Amongst them we may mention a translation of Caesar's Gallic War, a volume of Josephus, two volumes of Carlyle's Essays,......
Sir Sidney Colvin Has Just Brought Out A New Edition
of Vie Poems of John Keats (Cbatto and Windus, 2 vols., 15s. net), which is most welcome. In the first place, it is beautifully produced, being printed in the well-known......
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