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Fighting Ships.

Fighting Ships. By Fred T. Jane. Ninth Year of Issue. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. 21s. net.)—This year's issue of Fighting Ships is, as before, divided into two parts. The......

Annals Of Covent Garden Theatre. By Henry Saxe Wyndham. 2

vols. (Chatto and Windus. 21s. net.)—The story, as here told, covers somewhat more than a century and a half. The theatre was opened on December 6th, 1732, with a revival of......

Through South Africa With The British Association. By J....

Browne. (James Speirs. 6s. net.)—Mr. Browne travelled from Cape Town up to the Victoria Falls and saw the cities—or what may pass as such—and learnt the thoughts of many men. He......

Memorials Of Old Wiltshire. Edited By Alice Dryden....

Sons. 158. net.)—We are glad to see this addition to the series of "Memorials of the Counties of England." It is con- structed on the usual plan : a number of papers specially......

France In 1802. Edited By J. A. C. Sykes. With

Introduction by Richard Davey. (W. Heinemann. 6s.)—One Henry Redhead Yorke went to Paris in the days of the Revolution and witnessed some striking events, the trial of the King......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Muter this heading we notice such Books of the week as hese not been reserved for review in other forms.] George Herbert and his Times. By A. G. Hyde. (Methuen and Co. 10s. 6d.......