NEW EDITION8.—The China Year Book, 1914. By H. G. W.
Woodhead and K. T. Montague Bell. (G. Rontledge and Sons. 10s. net)—Though only in its third year, this animal has established a reputation as a handy and trustworthy source of information.—Hereditary Genius. By Muncie Gallon. (Macmillan and Co. 5s. net.)This interesting discussion of cases in -which marked ability runs in a family is reprinted with the prefaces of 1869- and 1892i—The Chg.:Mead of the World. By Edward Cloctd. (Same publishers. 4s. 6d. net.)— Our knowledge of primitive-man-has' made such strides since 1872 that Mr. Clod& has practically rewritten his well-known book for children on the dawn of civilization.—Along the Road. By A. C. Benson. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 3a. 6d. net.)—Mr. Benson thinks it is often a pity to republish con- tributions to periodical literature ; but his own struggle to everconre-tbie reluctance has been justified by a third edition. —Alarine Engineering. By A. E. Tompkins. (Macmillan 'and Co. 15s. net.)—Captain Tompkins has rewritten part of this standard work, and revised the rest to bring it into line• with the-considerable advancer; made in the last six years, especially in regard to turbines and internal combustion
engines. The Wonders of Wireless Telegraphy. By J. A. Fleming. (S.P.C.K. 33. 6d. net)—We are not surprised- that this excellent book has reached a
second edition within- six months. Knave on the Purpose of Art. By Mrs. Rumen Barrington. (Longmans and Co. 7s. 6d. net..)—A reissue at a reduced price.—The Country Kona by Month. By J. A. Owen and G. S. Boulger. (Duckworth and Co. 6s. net.)—This pleasant, goaaippy book is now adorned.with coloured. plates,---London, 1914. (Wuxi, Leek, and Co. le net)--The thirty-eighth issue of a guide- book which is evidently appreciated.—Holiday Resorts, 1914. (F. Hodgson. Is. net.)—A useful list of hotels, boarding- -houses, and lodgings in England and abroad, recommended by the Teachers Guild as being comfortable and not_too expensive.—The Isles of Scilly. By Jessie Mothereole. (R.T.S. 2s. 6d. net.)—The chapter on the flower industry is interesting.—In the " Wayfarer's Library" (3. M. Dent and Sons, la. net each) we may mention Mr. Austin Dobson's charming Eighteenth Century Studies and Mr. A. G. Gardinees picturesque sketches of Prophets, Priest*, and Kings.--.- Among cheap reprints of fiction we note Dodo, by E. F. Benson, and A Son of the State, by W. Pett Ridge (Methuen and Co., 7d. net each); The War in the Air, by H. G. Wells (T. Nelson and Sons., 75. net); and Lewis Band, by Mary Johnston (Constable and Co., ls. net).
Previous page
