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Readable Novels.—subsoil. By O. Marriott. (hurst And...

deal of clever word.spinning which probes arts, crafts, and temperaments. The plot is exasperating, but the characters do carry interest as well as the subjects.—Gold Lace. By......

Vagabond's Way. By Nancy Price. (john Murray. 6s ....

delightful record of "haphazard wander- ings on the fells" will make a strong appeal to all those who, like herself, "have ever loved the track and the mountain, rather than the......

New Editions.—prench Profiles ; C. Weal Kit-eats ; Gossip In

a Library. By Edmund Goese. (William Heinemann. 6s. net each.)—In a copy of verses addressed to R. L. Stevenson, Mr. Gorse once expressed his ambition to be counted among those......

Quarterly Statement Of The Palestine Exploration Fund For...

(Office of the Fund. 2s. net.)—The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund make the very interesting announcement that during the winter months the survey of the country......

The Eomance Of Names. By Ernest Weekley. (john Murray. Sa.

6d. net.)—Mr. Weekley tells us that "the etymological study of surnames has scarcely been touched at present, except by writers to whom philology is an unknown science." As a......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading les notice such Books of the week as have nei two swerved for review in other lortna] Middle English Humorous Talcs in Verse. Edited by George H. McKnight,......