23 AUGUST 1902, Page 26

The Story of the Empire. By Edwaid Salmon. (G. Nevrnes.

is.) —This story may be said to begin with the discovery of the New World. The energies which had fruitlessly sought an outlet in the French wars found their proper scope in the regions which the enterprise of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, greatly helped by this country, opened up. Mr. Salmon tells the great story of this opening up, which might occupy any number of volumes, in the very moderate compass conceded to a volume in the "Library of Useful Stories." We have frequently had occasion to speak with praise of this series, and we gladly chronicle the timely addition of this volume to it.