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The Story of Wellington. By H. F. B. Wheeler. (Harrap

and Co. 38. 6d. net.)—This work has the appearance of a boy's book and is suitable for young readers, but it is not written in the manner of a children's history or school book. It does not go deeply into politics, and avoids the more abstruse questions of strategy, but the history is mainly military. The three main portions of the book are, of course, the accounts of the Indian wars, and of the Peninsular and the Waterloo campaigns. All the best sources of information, from the Despatches to Mr. Rose's books, are fully used, and make the volume a trustworthy and competent guide. There are numerous illustrations, chiefly from the draw-. ings of Mr. T. Maybank and Mr. Caton Woodville.