A Batchelor Partridge ?
A query has reached me concerning a certain covey of part. ridges, whose activities have become very visible since the wheat-field was cut ; there are six youngsters and three......
The Centre Of Ancient Civilization. By Il D. Daunt. (bodley
Head. 10s. Od.)—This is one of those perverse fruits of misplaced ingenuity, which almost make one howl aloud. As a philologist Mr. Daunt is worse than George Borrow, and......
The Standard Life Assurance Company. By William...
Blackwood..)—The His- ary of the Standard Life Assurance Company since its foun- lation in Edinburgh in 1821 makes very good reading, quite 'part from its economic interest. All......
The Fruits Of Mormonism. By Franklin Stewart Rarris And...
Isaac Butt. (Macmillan. and Co.)—The authors of this examination into the moral effects of Mor- monism claim complete impartiality. They have, however, in effect written a......
Unwanted Rectories.
Have we really come to this, at a time when houses in the country are too few, that we must_ accept the uselessness of such " places " and be content to see them tumble into......
Cambridge Past And Present. By B. W. Downs. (methuen....
welcome this new book about the Town, the University and the Colleges of Cambridge. For- tunately Cambridge does not stagnate. There is always something new to......
Adding Years To Your Life. By Robert Carruthers. (black. 2s.
6d.)—For a paltry half-crown anyone of us can learn how to become a centenarian by buying Adding Years to Your Life (Black). The author, General Carruthers, is a distinguished......
Country House And Sport
WRITE ELEPHANTS. In a parish, of no great dimensions, some 25 miles from London, stand two spacious houses in the setting of pleasant gardens. The railway is near by. The......
Save Australia. By Sir James Barrett. (macmillan, 8s....
Barrett pleads for the preservation of the indigenous flora and fauna of Australia. ` Except in certain places where enlightened citizens have protected them they are all......
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