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Sketches Of The Past Of Poole. By W. R. Gill.

(Balding and Mansell. ls.)—This is a well-written little book, very modest in its pretensions, but conceived in a genuinely historical spirit. Mr. Gill does not claim a remote......

Greek Votive Offerings. By W. H. D. Rouse. (cambridge...

Press. 155. net.)—It is so unusual for a master in a public school to publish. a work of research in a department of Greek antiquities, that a critic is indisposed to treat such......

In The Series Of "the World's Classics" (grant Richards, Is.

net) we have The Iliad of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope. In a way " Pope's Iliad "—it might possibly be said that it is rather this than " Homer's Iliad "—still holds its......

The Silver Legend Saints For Children. By J. A. Taylor.

(Sands and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Here are some forty stories of the saints, told well and in a way suitable to the readers for whom they are meant. It may be that we should not have......

The Higher Hinduism In Relation To Christianity. By T. E.

Slater. (Elliot Stock. 6s.)—Mr. Slater, who is attached to the London Missionary Society, gives'us here a most interesting and helpful volume. It has been recognised for some......

Nature In New Zealand. Compiled By James Drummond. Edited By

Captain F. W. Hutton. (Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, New Zealand. Is. 6d.)—This book is intended in the country of its origin as a reading-book in schools. It can hardly......

Procession Of The Kings Of Scotland. Designed, Described,...

by W. G. Burn-Murdoch. (30s. net.)—This is a litho- graphic oopy of a design, intended primarily for execution in metal as a frieze on some public building, but now published as......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice each Books of the "week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] British Trade and the Zoliverein Issue. By Leone G. Chiozza.......

Vegetables And Flowers From Seeds. By Sutton And Sons....

and Sons.)—This is a comprehensive volume giving directions for the raising of some six hundred kinds and varieties, suited for " tropical, semi-tropical, and temperate......