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Hyde Park : Its History And Romance. By Mrs. Alec

Tweedie. (Eveleigh Nash. 15s. net.)—Hyde Park as we see it now may be said to be wholly modern. It has changed greatly even within the memory of living persons. Its......

The Influence Of Alcohol And Other Drugs On Fatigue. By

W. H. R. Rivers, M.D. (E. Arnold. 68. net.)—It might be safer to pass over this volume (reproducing the Croonian Lectures, 1906) with a recognition of the caution, the......

The Complete Cook. By Lilian Whaling. Mustrated. (methuen...

7s. 6d. net.)—This is a book that we can warmly recommend to intelligent, but inexperienced, housewives. No detail seems to have been forgotten. With one or two curious......

Irish And English. By Robert Lynd. (f. Griffiths. 5s. Net.)—

These "Portraits and Impressions" are, as might be expected, of various value. The English part is more pleasant to read, at least to an Englishman. The Irish has the character,......

New Editions.—the Wessex Of Romance. By Wilkinson...

6s. net.)—Mr. Sherren first brought out this book six years ago. It now comes out revised and enlarged. Substantially it is a monograph on Mr. Thomas Hardy, with various......

The Bibliography Of Charles And Mary Lamb. Compiled And...

by J. C. Thomson. (J. E. Tatin, Hull. 5s. net.)— Mr. Thomson, helped by the labours of others, notably Alfred Ainger and Mr. E. V. Lucas—an assistance which he amply......

Bt. George For Merrie England. By Margaret Bulley....

and Sons. 5s.)—If we have a patron saint, and are disposed to bring his patronage to the front, it is as well to know who he was. "To denounce St: George," writes Miss Bulley,......