2 MAY 1908, page 20

Books On Birds.* We Propose To Include In One Short

notice four books which treat of birds from different points of view. The first before us deals with all British birds. A new handbook of British birds finds many competitors......

The Causes Of Poterty4

A REVIEWER must always be grateful to an author who begins by explaining, "in a single sentence," the aim of his • Famous Preach 5oons. Br Fntak MaineL With 90 Lhittritions........

Famous French Salons.*

Mn. HAMEL has written a pleasant and interesting book on an agreeable subject. The history of French society, one may say, is that of the salons ; at least, of the society of......

Novels.

FENNEL AND RUE.* STunEwrs of the work of Mr. Howells cannot have failed to notice the points of contact and of divergence which define his relations to the intellectual......