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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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