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Sir Joseph Banks.

Sir Joseph Banks: the "Father of Australia." By J. H. Maiden. (Regan Paul, Trench, and Co. Os. net.)—Mr. Maiden is Director of the Botanic Gardens at Sydney, and he does well to......

Tve Teaching Of Jesus About The Future.

The Teaching of Jesus about the _Future. By Henry Burton Sharman, Ph.D. (T. Fisher Unwin. 13s. 6d. net.)—This is a book for Biblical critics. The writer accepts the now......

The Chronicle Of Thomas Of Eccleston.

The Chronicle of Thomas of Balaton. Newly Done into English, with Preface and Notes, by Father Cuthbert, 0.S.F.C. (Sands and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—The coming of the Friars Minor to......

• Citrrent Literature.

THINGS SEEN IN EGYPT. , Things Been in Egypt. By E. L. Butcher. (Seeley and Co. 28. net.)—Mrs. Butcher tells us much about Egypt, where she has lived ninny years, about the......

Town Planning In Practice.

Town Planning in Practice. By Raymond Unwin. (T. Fisher Unwin. 21s. net.)—It is a common experience that when we see some country town or village which has suffered little......

Our Entry Into Hunan.

Our Entry into Hunan. By the Rev. C. Wilfrid Allan. (R. Culley. 2s. 6d.)—China, some half-a-dozen places excepted, is sure to be unfamiliar ground to most readers. How few could......

Fernando Cortes.

Fernando Cortes. By Francis Augustus MacNutt. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 6s.)—We have no wish to dispute the title of Cortea to a place among the "Heroes of the Nations." To insist......