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Magic In Names. By Edward Clodd. (chapman And Hall. 12s.

6d. net.)—Mr. Clodd has collected from works on folk- lore many curious instances of " mane "—as the South Sea islanders call the "vague, impersonal, ever.acting, universally......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice i71 MIS totems does not nectstarily Nal.* snbatquent tetion,1 THE NOVEMBER MAGAZINES.—The Nineteenth Century has a valuable article on "Time National Wage Position" by......

The Dunlap Book. Compiled By E. J. Burrow, E. R.

Cross, and A. J. Wilson. (Simpkin, Marshall, and A. J. Wilson. 21s.)— This handsome quarto, strongly bound in leather with a clasp, is the second and revised edition of the......

In The Current Number Of The British Journal Of Inebriety

(Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox, Is. net.) Dr. H. M. Vernon describes a long series of experiments which he undertook in person to measure "The Influence of Dilution on the Toxic......

The Clerk And The Architect Of The London County Council

have prepared a valuable illustrated report on the Proposed Demolition of Nineteen City Churches (P. S. King, 3a. 6d.), which gives a short history and description of each of......

In The Blue. By Major S. H. Long, D.s.o., Mc.

(Lane. 5s, net.)—This simple but interesting account of Major Long's flying experiences in France was, he tells us, "jotted down during leisure momenta at the front, within......

Sermons By A Lay Headmaster. By G. W. S. Howson.

(Logmans. 65. net.)—Ilis old pupils at Gresham's School, Holt, and many who knew him only by repute will be glad to know th0 a selection from the late Mr. Howson's sermons has......