27 SEPTEMBER 1913, page 22

Rag-time History.*

THANKLESS as is the pait of Canute rebuking the waves, it is time to raise a protest, however vain, against the endless , multiplication to-day of memoirs and semi-scandalous......

Adventures Among Birds.*

Ms. HUDSON need not have prefaced these " adventures " with an apology for writing another book- about birds. No other English naturalist sees birds, or writes about them, aquae......

The Prince Imperial.* M. Faidn Was For Seven And A

half years the tutor and close friend of the Prince Imperial, and, like all who came into contact with him, formed the highest opinion of his pupil's eacellenee of character,......

The Shadow Of Dia.z.t Mexico, The Land Of Revolution, Must

always retain its fascination for the inhabitants of humdrum, sedate, indus- trial Europe, and, judging by recent events, the interest seemS likely to be well maintained. Mr.......