In His History Of Surnames In The British Isles (kegan
Paul, Mr. C. L'Estrange Ewen presents a great deal of information gathered from national and local records for the successive periods, and then discusses the classifieation and......
To Arouse Enthusiasm For Missionary Effort Is Hard Now-...
; only a bold, one might say an obstinate, believer in it would make the attempt. So many people have come to agree with Queen Victoria, who asked : "What right have we to tell......
During The Past Month The Books Most In Demand At
The Times Book Club have been : NoN-FicrioN.—Time Was, by W. Graham Robertson ; Charlton : An Autobiography ; Aphrodite in Aulis, by George Moore ; The Double Heart : A Study of......
Most Of Us Probably Think Of Rationalization Applied To An
industry as reduction of waste, abandonment of antiquated methods, and general application of common sense in all direc- tions. The Germans appear to give the term a more......
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LATIN QUARTER. By Henri Murger. Foreword by D. B. Wyndham Lewis. (Jarrolds. 18s.) THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, 1066-1901. By Viscount Mersey. (John Murray. 10s. 6d.) ALEXANDER POPE. By......
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