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• Iiow To Hunt Wrni The Camera. By William Nesbit.

(Allen and I7nwin. aSs.)—With the growing popu- larity of the "electric hare" and the (we hope speedy) end of the cruel Sport of coursing, we may expect people to begin to......

The Mechanism Of The Modern State. .11y Sir John A.

II. Marriott, M.P. (Clarendon Press. 2 N , ols. 425.). :- Sir John Marriott lectured on history at Oxford long before he became. a busy legislator. His dual experience has......

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VICTOR EMNFANUEL II AND THE UNION OF ITALY. By C. S. Forester. (Methuen. 10s. Od.)--There is no more dramatic story . than that of the liberation of - Italy from Hapsburgs and......

A Florentine Diary From 1450 To 1510. By Luca Landucci,

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How To Identify Oriental Rugs. By Ffridu And A. 1'.

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Notes On Democracy. By Ii. L. Meneken. (jona- Han ('ape.

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