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Count De Segur

The Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Count de Segur. Translated by Gerard Shelley. (John Hamilton. 15s.) Coiner Lours PHILIPPE DE Skoun, whose memoirs have just been translated into......

Our Beautiful Language

Breaking Priscian's Head. (To-day and To-morrow Series.) More Words, Ancient and Modern. By Ernest Woekley. (Murray. 5s.) IT is a pleasure to find oneself in the main in......

War Against Women

" WRY do you European men treat and regard your women with such respect, often amounting to adoration ? " a young Japanese economist asked Professor Wieth-Knudsen twenty years......