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Will Of The Dales. By R. Stead. (blackie And Son.

2s, 6d.)— Will Craven, son of a "statesman" of the Yorkshire Dales, and ultimately Lord Mayor of London, is not wholly a creature of fiction ; only the details of his career......

It Is A Curious Instance Of The Altered Conditions In

which we live that we have here a story of events of which not very long ago only a general report would have reached the Far West. And an excellent story it is, such as one......

Hurrah For The Spanish Main! By Robert Leighton. (a....

6s.) — "A Tale of the Third Voyage of Drake to Darien" is the sub-title of Mr. Leighton's book, and it may be well to remind the reader that this "third voyage" was the......

The White Standard, By E. F. Pollard (blackie And Son,

2s. 6d.), is a story of the days of Joan of Arc. The hero is a young Scots- man who goes over to France in the train of the Princess Margaret, daughter of James I. ; the heroine......

The Pirate's Hoard. By A. Alexander. (t. Nelson And Sons.

2s. 6d.)—This "Story of Hidden Treasure" is of the old- fashioned sort. The scene is laid in the days of Queen Elizabeth. The "hoard" consists mainly of jewels which have been......

State; Its Characteristics Are, We Fancy, Common. There Is A

Liberal party and a Clerical. And when Leonard Thurston arrives there is a Liberal President in power, and the Clericals are plotting to overthrow him. We cannot follow the......