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The Book Of The Sweet Pea. By D. B. Crane.

{John Lane." 2s. 6d. net.)—This is one of the series of Handbooks of Tractiall; Gardening," and should be as welcome as any. The fact is that the sweet-pea repays its cost as......

The Cookery Book Of Lady Clark Of Tillypronie. Arranged And

Edited by Catherine Frances Frere. (A. Constable and Co. 6s. net.)—Lady Clark, amidst the various activities of her life, made the practical study of cookery a serious object.......

The Dictionary Of National Biography. Edited By Sidney...

XXI., " Whichcord—Zuylestein." (Smith, Elder, and CO; 15s. net.)—This volume concludes the reissue of the first edition,: representing, as it does, LXI.-LXIII. There is yet to......

Sporting Stories. By " Thormanby." (mills And Boon. 10s. 6d.

net.)—The greater part of this book is given to the horse. First we have the turf, then we have the hunting-field, and we come back to the noble animal in polo. On the whole, we......

The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns. Edited, With...

by Charles Annandale, LL.D. 4 vols. (Gresham Pub- lishing Company. 30s.)—Dr. Annandale's biographical sketch is a candid and sensible piece of work. It is necessary to have a......

My Summer In London. By-james Milne. (t. Werner Laurie. 6s.

net.)—Mr. Milne adds, by way of a sub-title, " With Excursions in Memory Elsewhere among People and Places." The root idea of the book is the action of a man who gives up the......

The Book Of Cupid. (a. Constable And Co. Le. 6d.

net)—This is an anthology from English poets, consisting of pieces original and translated. The first is an Elizabethan translation (Barnacles . Barnes, 1593) from Moschus, and......