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Antonio. By Ernest Oldmeadow. (grant Richards. 6s.)— This...

very interesting story which deals with Portugal in the "thirties" of the nineteenth century. Tho hero is a monk, who on the morrow of his profession suffers, with his......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heeding les notice such Books of the nook as have not Wan reserved for roving in (Alter forms.] An Egyptian Oasis. By H. J. Llewellyn Beadnell. (John Murray. 10s.......

Mr. Opp. By Alice Hegan Rice. (hodder And Stoughton. Os.)

—Although the hero of this book cannot claim to be an abso- lutely original figure, the creation of his character is a notable piece of work. Mr. Opp has points of . family......

The Transmigration Of Souls. By D. Alfred Bertholet....

by tho Rev. H. J. Chaytor. (Harper and Brothers. 2s. 6d. net.)—This volume belongs to the publishers' "Library of Living Thought." We are inclined to doubt whether the subject......

Agriculture In The Tropics. By J. C. Willis, Sc.d....

University Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—There are many things which can be grown only in the tropics, and these things can be grown more effectively and profitably by European than by......

A Vindication Of Warren Hastings. By G. W. Hastings. (h.

Frowde. 6s. net.)—Posterity has accepted with approval the verdict of acquittal with which the long trial of Warren Hastings was terminated. Still, there is a general......

Old English Towns. By William Andrews. (t. Werner Laurie....

net.)—Mr. Andrews treats of twenty-seven towns,—twelve of them, by the way, are cities, without reckoning those which hold' the cathedrae of Suffragan Bishops. Some of these are......

Musical Monstrosities. By C. L. Graves. Illustrated By...

(Pitman and Son. Is. net.)—Since not one of the witticisms of this amusing little volume appeared originally in the Spectator, we are perhaps the better able to appreciate and......

Readable Novsts.—the Perjurer. By W. E. Norris. (a....

Co. 6s.)—A modern story, of which the characters all belong to the world which Mr. Norris describes so ad- mirably.—The Red Saint. By Warwick Deeping. (Cassell and Co. Gs.)—A......