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Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in phis wham does not necessarily preclude subsequent reeists.] THE J_A.NUARY Hoe-relles.—The Nineteenth Century gives prominence to a most appreciative article by Lord......

The British Mercantile Marine During The War. By J. C.

H. Beaumont. (Gay and Hancock. Is. net.)—The author, a surgeon of the White Star line, summarizes clearly the good work of the Merchant Service and the reforms instituted during......

The Story Of Our Submarines. By Klaxon. (blackwood. 6s....

book, written by an expert, and based largely on official records, is of great interest. The author maintains that our submarine service was far better than the enemy's, and he......

The New Outlook. By Lord Robert Cecil. (allen And Unwin.

Is. not.)—Lord Robert Cecil discusses in this interesting pamphlet the League of Nations, Industry—the problem and the remedy, Finance, Parliament, and Ireland. As to Ireland,......

A Few Fade Concerning The Intrigue Against Montenegro. By...

Devine. (Winchester : Warren and Son.)—Mr. Devine contends that Montenegro is as much entitled to " self- determination " as any other country, and he asserts that the Serbians......

The World War And Its Consequences. By W. H. Hobbs.

(Putnam. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Roosevelt, shortly before his death, commended these lectures delivered by Professor Hobbs at Pitt burgh as an accurate account of the reasons w y......

Casseirs New English Dictionary. Edited By E. A. Baker....

6s. net.)—This is a compact and useful dictionary, which is said to contain a hundred and twenty thousand words and phrases. It is well printed, and the derivations and......

The Defeat Of Austria As Seen By The Seventh Division.

By the Rev. E. C. Crosse. (H. F. W. Deane and Sons. 7s. 6d. net.) —This interesting book, well furnished with maps and photo- graphs, gives the first detailed account of the......

Sir Robert Anderson : A Tribute And A Memoir. By

A. P. Moore-Anderson. (Morgan and Scott. 3s. net.)—Dr. Moore- Anderson's little book on his father is concerned with Sir Robert Anderson's work as a lay preacher and theological......

Poland And The Poles. By A. Bruce Boswell. (methuen. 12s.

6d. net.)—This is a readable and instructive book by a competent authority. Mr. Boswell sketches Polish history in order to explain the present situation in Poland and on the......