The King's Henchman. By William H. Johnson. (gay And Bird.)
— Although Mr. Johnson professes to have merely "brought to light and edited" this "chronicle of the sixteenth century," it may be safely assumed that the sad story of Jean......
The Play Of Animals By Karl Groos. Translated By Elizabeth
L. Baldwin. (Chapman and Hall. 102. 6d.)—The author of this book, who is Professor of Philosophy in the University of Basle, laments the fact that animal psychology is regarded......
Au Pays Des Ba-rotsi. By Alfred Bertrand. (hachette Et Cie.
Paris. 20s.)—It seems a far cry from the Lake of Geneva to the Victoria Falls upon the Zambesi, though, after all, there is no reason why the Swiss should not be as interested......
Our Living Generals. By Arthur Temple. (a. Melrose.)—...
being—although abait omen !—very much in evidence at the present moment, this volume by Mr. Arthur Temple will, no doubt, be found very interesting by a large sec- tion of the......
The Greco-turkish War Of 1897. (swan Sonnenschein And...
is rather unfortunate that a book like this, which purports to tell the story of the melancholy struggle of last year between Turkey and Greece from official sources, should......
Messrs. Ble.ekie And Son Have Published An Edition Of The
ever- green Select Tales from Shakespeare, by Mary and Charles Lamb, which ought to be of use in schools. Mr. David Frew has pro- vided an introduction, composed mainly of a......
Frances B. Willard. By Florence Witts. "splendid Lives...
little sketch of a devoted woman's life is cast in a style of rather over-blown enthusiasm more in keeping with the name of the series to which it belongs than with the tone of......
British Birds' Eggs And Nests. By Reverend Canon...
(George Routledge and Sons.)—This is a new and revised edition of a book which appeared some thirty-five years ago ; and the work of revision, and of bringing the information up......
History Of Early Christianity. By Leighton Pullen. (ser-...
Paton.)—This volume, which is intended, as its author says expressly, as a defence of orthodox Christianity, deals exclusively with the period from A.D. 29 to 190, by which date......
South American Sketches. By Robert Crawford, M.a. (long-...
Co.)—Mr. Crawford's sketches of life in Uruguay are somewhat better reading than his opening chapters would lead one to suppose. For an author hardly encourages his readers to......
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