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Adventures Of King James Ii. By The Author Of "a

Life of Sir Kenelm Digby." (Longmaus and Co. 13s. 6d.)—This is a vigorous and entertaining attempt to demonstrate that the life of James II. was remarkable for the number and......

Life And Letters Of Edward Byies Cowell. By George Cowell.

(Macmillan and Co. 12s. 6c1.. net.)—E. B. Cowell's career was one of remarkable interest. While he was at school (at Ipswich), and not more than fifteen, he began to read Sir......

Edward And Pamela Fitzgerald, By Gerald Campbell. (edward...

6d. net.)—It is a charming picture of the Fitzgerald family which these very intimate letters give WI. Whether it is altogether advisable to make so much fuss about the jealousy......

Vast Size Of London, On The Contrary, Makes It Impossible

to deal with in any volume of reasonable dimensions, just as it forbids the growth of a local patriotism. Mr. Smeaton devotes his first eleven chapters to the history of the......

Essays On Home Subjects. By John, Third Marquess Of Bute.

(A. Gardner, Paisley. Is. 6d.)—The varied learning possessed by the late Marquess of Bute, which it is impossible to regret was not more systematically used, is curiously......