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The Free Seas En War. By Sir Francis Piggott. (p.

S. King. Is_ 6d. net.)—This admirable pamphlet explains simply and clearly why Great- Britain, always the champion of the freedom of the sea in time of peace, has steadily......

The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem. By Rose G.

Kingsley. (Skeffington. 4s. 6d. net.)—The romantic story of the oldest of Nursing Orders has often been told, but it bears retelling in Miss Kingsley's pleasant little book. She......

Coniferous Trees For Profit And Ornament. By A. D. Webeter.

(Constable. 21s. net..)—This is a useful book by a practical forester. Mr. Webster describes the many species of conifers, and then discusses methods of planting and the......

Rogers On Elections. Vol. Il Nineteenth Edition By C....

Williams. (Stevens. 25s. net.)—The indispensable Rogers, so far as it deals with Parliamentary elections and petitions, has been brought up to date in this massive volume, which......

Independent Bohemia. By Vladimir Nosek. (dent. 3s. 6(1....

is a well-written and instructive account of Bohemia's struggle for the recovery of her lost independence, which has now been crowned with success. It began long before the war.......

Hudson Taylor And The China Inland Mission. By Dr. And

Mrs. Howard Taylor. (Morgan and Scott. 9s. net. ).—The late Mr. J. Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Miesion in 1865 and took out the first party of missionaries in 1866.......

Pearl. Reset In Modem English By Israel Gollanoz. (g. W.

Jones. 25s. net.)—This is a charming reprint of Professor Gollanoz's modernized version of Pearl, the fourteenth-century allegories' poem on a dead child which he has brought to......