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In The Series Of "the Children's Study" (t. Fisher Unwin)

we have an eighth volume, A Child's Ifiatory y. Spain, by Leonard Williams (2s. 6d.). Spanish.history, from the multiplicity of divisions, Christian and Moslem, is a very......

The Kingdom Of The Barotsi. By Alfred Bertrand....

A. B. Miall. (T. Fisher Unwin. 162.)—Captain Bertrand started with two companions, Captain Gibbons and Mr. Percy Reid. After a while they separated, dividing the region to be......

Miscellaneous.—" I Promise." By F. D. Meyer, Ba. (s.s.u....

"Talks on the Christian Endeavour Pledge" are plain, practical discourses. A word of introduction explaining exactly what the "Pledge" is would have been serviceable.— Spiritual......

Guide-boons.—a Picturesque History Of Yorkshire, Part...

Fletcher. (J. M. Dent and Co. Is. net.)—This part contains the account of the city of York and its neighbour- hood, the Minster naturally occupying a considerable space. The......

Theology.—papias And His Conteniporaries. By Edward Ii....

Bird. 6s. net.)—Mr. Hall looks on his subject from a point of view which differs from that of the orthodox. This does not hinder his book from being one which the orthodox may......

For The King, And Other Poems. By Robert Cameron Rogers.

(G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—The poem which gives a title to this volume shows that the writer has studied Browning to some purpose. It is a fine bit of work, the story of how the......

Higher Life For Working People, By W. Walker Stephens...

and Co., 3s. 6d.), deals with various social problems which have attracted much attention of late years. Among these are "The Submerged Tenth," for which he suggests something......