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The New Vol Um Es Of The " Home University

Library" (Williams .and. Norgate, ls. net each) include an excellent brief History .of Scotland; by Professor R. S. Rait; a masterly summary of our knowledge of The Ancient......

Readable Novelb.—unstable Ways. By Rosalind Murray....

well-written novel of the influence of four men on a girl's life. Its only fault is a tendency to dulness.—Fetters of the Port8i. By Helen 'Colebrooke. (John Murray. 6s.)—The......

Amongst The Latest Additions To The " Wayfarers' Library "

we note a distinguished little book—apparently not a reprint, as most of these volumes are—in which Miss M. Betham- Edwards gives her impressions of life Under the German Ban en......

An Excellent War Poster Has Been Sent Us, Heeled By

the Bexhill Division of the National Service League. The poster emphasizes the point so often made in the Spectator—namely, that a long war will be the most appalling of......

Books Of Reference.—a Gigantic Task Of Compilation Alas...

by the Marquis of Ravigny, whose genealogical skill is a guarantee for its general accuracy. in producing the first issue of The Titled Nobility of Europe (Harrison and Sons, £2......

Come Out To Play. By M. E. F. Irwin. (constable

and Co. 6s.)—The simplicity of this biography of one Truffles is unusual. Miss Irwin takes no account of psychology, makes no detailed inquiry into cause and effect, but gives......

Some Books Of The Week.

f Notice in This column does sot necessarill preclude subsequent reeismj The thoroughness with which Americans study agricultural problems is illustrated by a number of books......

Archaeologists Will Bail With Pleaoure The Appearance Of...

Chubb's Descriptive List of the Printed Mars of Scratersetshire, published by the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, Taunton. The book is most clear, and is......

Amongst The Numerous Maps Recently Produced By The War, We

must strongly recommend Philips' Contour War Map of Europe (George Philip and Son, ls. net on paper, 2s. 6d. net on cloth). This map, on a scale of sixty-three miles to the......