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Two Expensive Editions Merit A Passing Notice : The Tragedie

of Julius Caesar (Benn. 4 guineas) being a reprint of the First Folio printed litteratim, with introduction by Mr. Granville Barker ; and a facsimile manuscript of Balzac's......

Has Poverty Diminished?

Has Poverty Diminished ? By A. L. Bowley and M. H. Hogg. (P. S. King. 10s. (3d.) Has Poverty Diminished ? By A. L. Bowley and M. H. Hogg. (P. S. King. 10s. (3d.) HAS Poverty......

Kipling And His Soldiers, By Patrick Braybrooke (daniel,...

seemed an interesting subject for these notes, but, alas ! the volume has little charm and less style.......

General William Mitchell's Winged Defense (putnam's,'"...

he was court-martialled at Washington . for insubordination in publishing statements alleging that the United_ States was practically defenceless by air, is worth close reading,......

We Descend From These Sumptuous Monuments Dedicated To...

to the well-loved - lyrics of The Savoy Operas (Macmillan. 88. which contain the complete text of W. S. Gilbert's immortal librettos from 1875-1896. Who that first heard, as......

This Week's Books

The Private Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Samuel Pepys (G. Bell and Sons. 2 vols. 26s.) is edited by Dr. Tanner, and furnishes an interesting light on Pepys'......

A New Competition

The Editor offers a prize of £5 for a report, in not more Than five hundred words exclusive of quotations, upon the following entries for the previous competition. The prize......