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The English Heroic Play.

The English Heroic Play. By L. N. Chase. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Chase only deals in this work with the typical heroic play of the latter half of the seventeenth......

Prayers And Meditations Of Thomas A Bempis.

Thomas (I Kompis's Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ. Translated from the text of the edition of Michael Joseph Pohl by W. Duthoit. (Began Paul, Trench, and Co.......

The Natural History Of Animals.

The Natural History of Animals : the Animal Life of the World in its Various Aspects and Relations. By J. R. Ainsworth Davis, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor in the......

Proverb Lore.

Proverb Lore. By F. E. Hulrue, F.S.A. (Elliot Stock. is. ffd. net.)—Fuller defined a proverb as "much matter decocted into a few words," and it would be hard to find a better......

Some Indian Friends And Acquaintances.

Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances. By Lieut.-Colonel D. D. Cunningham, C.I.E., F.R.S. (John Murray. 12s.)--An Indian garden differs so widely from an English one that an......