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• Winning A Living On Four Acres. By Fred. A.

Morton. (A. C. Fifield. ls. net.)—We understand Mr. Morton's conclusion to 'be that he gets a satisfactory return for his work in health and mental refreshment, but not in......

Practical School Gardening. By Percy Elford, M.a., And...

(The Clarendon Press. 2s. net.)—We have no doubt of the valuable character of this volume ; it is the work of experts, and it is full of useful information from end to end. Nor......

Chastieton House And Gunpowder Plot. By Mary Whitmore...

Burleigh. 2s. 6d.)—Chastleton came by mar- riage into the possession of the Catesby family in the fifteenth century,—one of them was the " Cat " who was associated with the......

Saints-benve. By George Mclean Harper. (j. B. Lippincott....

would be impossible to speak too highly of the industry with which Professor Harper has studied the details of his subject, the subtlety with which he draws out the complicated......

Explorers In The New World. By Marion Mom. Mulhall....

and Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—" Both before and after Columbus," Mrs. Mulhall adds to her title. Of the " Predecessors of Columbus." who occupy the first chapter, there is little to be......