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Visit Of The French Universities To The University Of...

(John Murray. 5s. net.)—We are glad to have this official record, as we presume it may be called, of the visit of these learned bodies from France to our country. The visitors......

The Sea - Charm Of Venice. By Stopford A. Brooke....

Co. 28. 6d. net.)—This little book may very profitably be made - a Pocket companion by any one who meditates a visit to Venice. We cannot all expect to see what Mr. Stopford......

Janus In Modern Life. By W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.c.l.

(A. Constable and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Flinders Petrie, while dis- avowing the position of a partisan, allows that "to many of his statements and deductions one party or......

In The Series Of "carmelite Classics" (horace Marshall...

is. 4d. per vol.) we have three volumes of illustrations of English Literature. The plan is to give either complete pieces, in prose and verso, or such portions as may be easily......

The American Journal Of International Law : April....

Baltimore.)—The first article in this number (the second of the first volume) is an address by Mr. Elihu Root, president, to the American Society of International Law on "The......

Railway Rates And Charges Orders. By Harold Russell....

Sons. 10s. 6d.)—This highly technical volume contains an exposition of the law as defined in the Railway Rates and Charges Orders Confirmation Acts, 1891-92, and the Railway and......

The Restoration Of The Bayeux Tapestry. By Charles...

(Elliot Stock.)—Mr. Dawson begins by quoting an amusing passage from Miss Agnes Strickland's "Lives of the Queens of England" in which she deprecates criticism of the tapestry......

Old Testament History : Part Ii., Joshua — Jehoshaphat....

T. Nicklin. (A. and C. Black. 3s.)—Mr. Nicklin, having already given to the world the first and third parts of his Old Testament History, now completes the work. We have......

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