29 JANUARY 1910, page 19

Books.

BRITAIN AT BAY.* PROFESSOR SPENSER WILKINSON has long caused us to admire the earnestness, the lucidity, and the erudition with which he has advocated various military reforms.......

Lady Hester Sta.nhope.* Hies. Roundell's Vivacious And...

revive interest in a romance which had an enormous effect on the imaginations of our grandfathers. Information about Lady Hester Stanhope has till now not been very easy to come......