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An Anglo-saxon Reader. By Alfred J. Wyatt. (cambridge...

12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Wyatt's anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry and prose is an excellent piece of work. It is much more varied than the older books of the kind. The editor has......

Naval History And National History. By J. Holland Rose....

University Press. 2s. 6d. net.)—The new Cambridge Professor of Naval History's inaugural lecture is a spirited plea for his subject. He points out how persistently our......

Beyond Baghdad With The Leice.stershires. By E. J....

Press. 3s. net.)—This little book should not escape the attention of any one interested in General Maude's brilliant Mesopotamian campaign. It contains much new detail con-......

Works Of Reference.:--pook-price8 Current For 1918-19...

net) is the thirty-third volume of an invaluable series. The alphabetical arrangement is convenient for reference. Mr. J. H. Slater as usual prefixes a brief note on the......

The Political Scene. By Walter Lippmann. (allen And...

net.)—Mr. Lippmann has reprinted from the New Republic of New York his comments on the proceedings of the Peace Conference up to March last. At that time he was a sup- porter of......

The History Of The Monastery Of Holyrood And Of The

Palace of Holyrood Howse. By John Harrison. (Blackwood. 25s. net.) —This is an interesting and well-written book, with some good illustrations by Mn W. D. M`Kay. The monastery......

Sir George Newman In A Preface To The Medical Supplement

of the forty-eighth Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1918-19 (Cmd. 462, Is. 3d. net), recalls the history of the series of Medical Reports begun by the late Sir John......

The Housing Of The Unskilled Wage-earner. By Ethel Elmer...

(Macmillan. 10s. net.)—Mrs. Wood is concerned with the housing problem in the United States, where it seems to be even more acute than it is here. We commend her admiring......