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railway era. Yet even then "the Highlands were open to

all the influences of civilisation." One of the chief attractions of this book is the zest with which Alexander Smith describes the survivals of the pre-civilisation period. It should be an interest- ing companion to any who may be visiting these regions during the present summer. Alexander Smith was a curious combina- tion of poetry and prose.—Aif red the Great. by Warwick H. Draper, M.A. (Elliot Stock.)—A. "second edition, revised." The Conquest of London. By Dorothea Gerard. (Methuen and Co. 6d.)—Rodney Stone. By A. Conan Doyle. (George Newnes. 6d.)