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Leaves From Life .

By Dr. E. J. Dillon Dr. Dillon, as his other books have already conveyed to a wide pill:die, has lead an interesting life in most of the countries of Europe and in touch with......

The Compact And Appreciative Biography Of Rubens, Painter...

by Professor Einile Cammaerts (Faber, 15s.) should revive interest in that very remarkable Fleming. The big religious and decorative compositions to which Rubens devoted much of......

Sir Charles Oman Is Much To Be Congratulated On His

excel- lent book, The Coinage of England (Clarendon Press, 2ts.). The historian who has made a close study of numismatics is rare, but every page of the book reveals Sir......

Current Literature

WALTER LEAF, 1852-1927 With a Memoir by Charlotte M. Leaf The late chairman of the Westminster Bank had served as President of the Classical Association and was of high repute......

Now That There Is A Lively And Intelligent Interest In

Roman sites, many readers will be glad to know of a really excellent little selection from the many inscriptions with a practical commentary and translations. Mr. A. R. Burn's......

Professor R. B. Mowers England In The Eighteenth Century...

4s. (id.) is a series of essays which seek not to re-state the facts of the period, but to rearrange and in some cases draw new inferences from them. Thus the writer considers......

As Might Be Expected From The Fact That The Author

is a lecturer at the London School of Economies„ Mr. Gilbert J. Ponsonby's little book en London's Passenger Transport Problem (P. S. King, 3s. 6c1.) is in effect a plea for the......