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From Island To Empire. By John S. C. Bridge. With

an Introduction by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, G.C.B. (Chatto and Windus. 8s.)—This little book gives us a rapid survey "of the expansion of En g land by force of arms." With......

We Welcome Again The Dickensian, Edited By B. W. Matz

(Chapman and Hall, 4s. net). This "magazine for Dickens Lovers" seems to have no difficulty in filling its pages with interesting reading and appropriate illustrations, and we......

The Christian Movement In Japan. Edited By Ernest W....

A.31., and Galen M. Fisher, A.M. (Methodist Publishing House, Tokio.)—This is the sixth annual issue, coming out under the auspices of the "Co-operating Christian Missions." The......

The Bible And The Church,. By Sir Robert Anderson. (hodder

and Stoughton. 5s.)—Sir Robert Anderson leaves the critics for a while, and directs his attack against Rome and Anglican Romanisers. With much that he writes we agree. We wish......