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The Oxford University Press Is Acting A Patriotic Part By

issuing a series of " Oxford Pamphlets," in which members of the University deal with subjects bearing on the great war. The first numbers include The Germans, by C. R. L.......

Our Eminent Preachers Are Playing A Worthy Part In...

the country's determination to see its noble cause triumphant. Kaiser or Christ I (James Clarke and Co., ls.) is a collection of six admirable sermons preached in this behalf by......

In Hoc Signo (s.p.c.k., Ld.), With A Foreword By The

Archbishop of Canterbury, contains a collection of "hymns of war and peace." These range from Milton and Bunyan to Mr. Kipling and Mr. Newbolt, and the value of the little book......

So Many Elderly Or Otherwise Ineligible Civilians Are Now...

the hospitality of the Rifle Clubs and learning to shoot straight—just in case they may be needed—that there should be a large public for Mr. Middleton Hall's admirable Hints on......

Story And Song From Loch Ness-side. By A. Macdonald....

: Northern Chronicle Office. 5s.)—A great part of this volume will be a sealed book to those who have not the Gaelic, in which language the author has collected many poems which......

Practical Tropical Sanitation. By W. A. Muirhead. (john...

6d. net.)—The author of this clearly written and well-illustrated volume aims at meeting the wants of readers "of average general knowledge, but without special sanitary......

From Messrs. Methuen We Have Received A Timely Collection Of

speeches and poems in connexion with the war, clearly printed, at ld. each. These include Mr. Asquith's speeches at the Guildhall and in Edinburgh, Mr. Lloyd George's speech at......

Manual Of Fruit Insects. By M. V. Slingerland And C.

R. Crosby. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—This manual deals with the insects which attack various fruit-crops in the United States. It was begun by the late Professor......

A Walk In Other Worlds With Dante. By Marion S.

Bain- brigge. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 6s. net.)—This book is " an endeavour to gather together in a compact form some of the beautiful and elevating thoughts which ought to......

The Deposits Of The Useful Minerals And Rocks. Translated By

S. J. Truscott. Vol. I. (Macmillan and Co. 18e. net.)— Mr. Trnscott'a object in making this excellent version of a well-known German work on applied geology was twofold- "......