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A Swede, And "the Most Pessimistic Of Living Pessimists."...

many volumes are long records of unending crises of soul." Now we are quite willing to read the works of a pessimistic philosophy provided the philosopher be of sufficiently......

John Milton: A Short Study Of His Life And Works.

By William P. Trent. (Macmillan and Co. 3s.)—Mr. Trent is an American author who is painfully convinced of the fact that both English- men and Americans do not think so highly......

An Introduction To Stellar Astronomy. By W. H. S. Monck,

M.A.. F.R.A.S. With Illustrations. (Hutchinson and Co. Us. 6d.)—Our knowledge of the earth has increased, pan i passe, with modern facilities for travel, and it no longer......

Insects : Their Structure And Life. A Primer Of Entomology.

By George H. Carpenter, B.Sc. Load. (J. M. Dent and Co. 4s. 6d.) —" Of making many books" on insects "there is no end," but still the subject remains unexhausted and......

Law Books.

Modern Land Law. By Edward Jenks, M.A. (The Clarendon Press, Oxford. 15s.)—The writing of a new book on the law of real property is not a task to be undertaken lightly, though......

Compulsory Licences Under The Patent Acts. By J. W. Gordon,

of the Middle Temple. (Stevens and Sons.)—The distinction between monopolies and patents is somewhat un- defined, but the law, which recognises the inventor and rewards him with......