28 MARCH 1914, page 25

Fiction.

THE KING OF ALSANDER.* Hrrff Imo we have only known Mr. Flecker as a writer of verse of a finely romantic quality. That is in itself no guarantee that he would be equally......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading us colic. such Books of Ike 'reek as have not inn reserved for review in other forms.] The Scientific Knowledge of Dante. By D. Lloyd Roberts. (Manchester......

Mineral Resources Of The United Slates, 1912. (washington...

Office.) — This gigantic work—two volumes containing 2,300 pages-is a testimony at once to the diligence of the United States Geological Survey, which has prepared it, and to......

Children Of The Hills. By Dermot O'byrne. (mannsel And Co.

2s. 6d. net.)—Seeking, after the manner of reviewers, to criticize a publisher's declared estimation of his own wares, we were confronted with the statement that " the short......

Readable Novels.—the Tay Of These Wooten. By E. Phillips...

(Methuen and Co. Gs.)—A clever murder story in which only the most accomplished novel-reader will detect the real murderer. The psychological study of the hero's marriage at the......

Bird Of Paradise. By Ada Leverson. (grant Richards....

that, until we read Mrs. Leverson's novel, we were loth to acknowledge how second-rate most people are; neither had we realized what a lot of true love there is in the world.......

Rubber : Its Sources, Cultivation, And Preparation. By...

(John Murray. 6s. net.)—This book is written partly for the student and partly for the planter, manufacturer, and merchant. All should find it useful, for it is well up to the......