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Rsadable Novels.—mortimer's Marriage. By Horace Wynd-...

book may be read by young ladioe as a warning against the consequences of becoming too familiar with their chauffeurs.—Set in Silver. By C. N. and A. M. Williamson. (Methuen and......

Elisabeth Davenay. By Claire Do Pratz. (mills And Boon. 6s.)

—It must be said at once that this book is not successful purely as a piece of fiction. The author's theories constantly run away with her pen, and during her long dissertations......

The Annual Register, 1908. (longmans And Co. 18s.)—we...

our customaey welcome to this publication. It preserves a tradition of good management ; the performance of one year is practically the same as that of another. Possibly the......

Olive In Italy. By Moray Dalton. (t. Fisher Unwin. 6i.)—

The first book that a binder binds is sure to be pretty badly done. 'Why should it be the case that the first novel which a writer writes—this volume belongs to the "First Novel......

Pocket Lexicon And Concordance To The Temple Shakespeare....

Marian Edwards. (J. M. Dent and Co. 2s. 6d. net.) —This very useful volume appropriately finishes a notably convenient edition. It does not pretend to be a complete Con-......

The Moral Witness Of The Church On The Investment Of

Money. By W. Cunningham, D.D. (Cambridge University Press. is.)— Archdeacon Cunningham, ill content with the Report of Con- vocation, criticises it in this "open letter." He......

Some Books Of The Week.

----.-- [ftidor this heading we police sash Books of the wish as have nut Wen reserved for review in eater forms.] Old Testament History. By J. M. Hardwick, M.A., and the Rev.......

The Admirable Crichton. By Douglas Crichton. (l. Itpcott...

Crichton, on a careful examination of the evidence, comes to the conclusion that the traditional notion of the man's character and attainments is correct. 110 was the marvellous......

Novels.

HEARTBREAK HILL.* Ma. VIEL calls his new story a "comedy romance," and the sub-title is justified by the happy blend of cheerfulness and fantasy which is the prevailing......