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A Bachelor In Arcady. By Halliwell Sutcliffe. (t. Fisher...

6s.)—The" Bachelor in Arcady" is of the school of " Eliza- beth and her German Garden," and this school is by no means so appropriate to the male point of view as to the female.......

The Expositor. Edited By The Rev. W. Robertson Nicoll. Sixth

Series. Vol. IX. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—This is a peculiarly interesting volume. The largest portion is con- tributed by Professor W. M. Ramsay, and the value of the......

As The Author Thinks This Incompatible With Commonplace...

it is not a very cheerful point for a novel to aim at. There is one excellent piece of character-drawing in the story, that of the heroine's mother. This lady is quite helpless......

Dunstable : Its History And Surroundings. By Worthington...

(Elliot Stock, and others. 6s. net.)—This volume belongs to the praiseworthy series of the "Homeland Library," and is published by the joint enterprise of the Homeland......

The Anonymous Author Of This Novel Has Set Himself A

difficult task, and faithfully laboured at it. His aim is to draw a full- length portrait of the hard man of the world : the man without ideals, without imagination, living in a......

Much About The Geography Of The Country As Any Man.

He traces the story of Tibetan exploration. It is interesting throughout, though of Lhasa there is little' to be said. No European has seen the place since 1846, when the French......