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The Egyptian Church. By Archdeacon Dowling. (cope And...

6d. net.)-Archdeacon Dowling has seen much of the Coptic Church, as of other Christian bodies in the East ; and if he gives a touch of couleur de rose to his picture, it is at......

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......

The Girl's Encyclopydia. By Amy B. Barnard, L.l.a. (the...

Press. 3s. 6d.)-The advice in this little book is generally sound, even if it is somewhat dull. The recommendations to thrift are excellent ; but the hints on etiquette are......

Chats On English Earthenware. By Arthur Hayden. (t....

5s. net.)-This is one of an excellent series which bears the title of "Books for Collectors." The author has already written on "English China," on "Old Furniture," and on "Old......