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The January Number Of The American Oxonian, Published...

Mr. W. W. Thayer at Concord, New Hampshire, for the American Rhodes Scholars, is devoted to the experiences of the hundred and fifty-five American officers and men who spent......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude sis* sequent review.] Memories of the Months. Sixth Series. By Sir Herbert Maxwell. (E. Arnold. 10s. 6d. net.)—We are glad......

Austrian Red Book. Part I. (allen And Unwin. 3s. Cki.

net.) --The origins of the war, from the Austrian standpoint, are unveiled in this collection of Austrian diplomatic documents, translated into indifferent English and printed......

The New Bulletin (6s.) Of The London School Of Oriental

Studies confirms the belief that the School is destined to do a great work for Oriental scholarship. Sir George Grierson contributes a long and interesting article on " The......

National Guilds And The State. By S. G. Hobson. (bell.

12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hobson is an amiable visionary who strives hard in this book, as in others, to adjust his dreams to the stern facts of life. The idea of receiving wages for......

My Second Country. By Robert Dell. (lane. 7s. 6d. Net,)-

" The more I know of the French people," says Mr. Dell in his Preface, " the fonder I become of them." Yet his book is a bitter indictment of France, her people and • her......

The Story Of The 2/4th Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire...

By Captain G. K. Rose. (Oxford : Blackwell. 7s. 6d. net.)—Captain Rose's history of his battalion is a model of lucidity ; the maps and photographs are excellent, and the book......

Three Speeches Of Adolphe Thiers. With Introduction By A. J.

Grant and Doris Gunnell. (Allen and Unwin. 8s. 6d. net.)— This volume contains two speeches of 1867 on the Balance of Power as contrasted with the doctrine of nationalities and......

Warfare In The High Alps And Round Lake Garda Are

of great Interest, and Mr. Hardie's pictures pleasantly recall familiar scenes. Mr. Wood's Salonika pictures have the charm of novelty ; some of them, especially the sunsets on......

• An Historical Document Of Much Interest In Connexion With

the revolt of the American coloniee has been exhumed from the City archives and printed in facsimile by the Library Committee of the Corporation. It is " A Letter from the......

The Trial Of Ii. Ii. Crippen. Edited By Filson Young.

(Edinburgh : Hodge. 10s. 6d.)—The new volume of tie " Notable Trials " series contains a full report of the trial of Dr. Crippen in October, 1910, for murdering his wife, with a......