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Chats On Old Jewellery And Trinkets. By Maciver Percival....

Unwin. 5s. not.)—We can recommend this book to people who wish to identify their old ornaments and also to those who want advice as to what to choose and what to reject in a......

Sir,' Said Dr. Johnson." By H. C. Biron. (duckworth And

Co. Os. net.)—This is a collection of the good things said by Dr. Johnson, and an admirable collection it is. It was a happy idea to arrange these jewels of thought and......

Chess Tales And Chess Miscellanies. By Willard Fiske....

and Co. 6s. net.)—Professor Fiske was for fifteen years (1868-1883) Professor of North European Languages at Cornell. In early life he had been editor, jointly with the famous......

The Probationer. By Anthony Rowley. (gowans And Gray. 6d....

is No.6 of a series of repertory plays, The interest centres in the character of a Scotch divinity student, who is tempted and falls, but who is expected to rise again on......