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The Visits Of Elizabeth. By Elinor Glyn. (duckworth And Co.

Cs )—Miss Elizabeth is a young lady of good family who pays visits to various country houses in English and to a French chateau, and describes the society that she meets in some......

The Boys' Club. By Paul Neuman. (d. Nutt. 2s. 6d.)—this

is not a book for us to criticise, as far as the giving of any opinion as to the views and suggestions made by the writer and by the gentle- men who have co-operated with him,......

We Have Received The Clergy Directory (j. S. Phillips, 4s.

64.) This publication has now reached its thirty-first year, and appeals at a conveniently early date. As far as we have been able to check the information supplied by personal......

A Book About Longfellow. By J. N. Mcllwraith. (t. Nelson

and Sons.)—This is a very pleasing account of one of the most attractive personalities in tho history of literature. Cer- tainly the American poets, regarded as men, present a......

Bridge Seems To Retain, Possibly To Increase, Its...

we have another manual of the game, Bridge Whist : its Whys and Wherefores, by C. J. Melrose (L. Upcott Gill, 3s. 6d.) —With this we may mention Chess Lessons for Beginners, by......

We Are Glad To Receive The First Two Volumes Of

yet another edition of the " Waverley Novels " (A. and C. Black, 2s. net per vol.) The two are Waver/ey and Guy Manitering. The issue is known as the " Now Pocket Edition " (it......

The Psalms Of David And The Higher Criticism. By The

Rev. Alexander Wright. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier.)— Mr. Wright seeks to make a via media in the matter of the criticism of the Psalms. One extreme is represented by the......

The Wrongs Of Indian Womanhood. By Mrs. Marcus B. Fuller.

(Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 5s.)—There is, we take it, no doubt about the facts in this matter. Child marriage and compulsory widowhood are the main evils of which Mrs.......

Class And School Booxs.—in The Series Of "temple Primers"...

M. Dent and Co.) we have two volumes to acknowledge. Modern Chemistry : Theoretical, and Modern Chemistry : Syste- niati4, by William Ramsay, D.Sc. (Is. net per vol.) Professor......

Bun Yea's Country. By Albert J. Foster. (virtue And Co.

6s.)—There is something in the idea that John Bunyan's memory was impressed by the scenery and associations of his native country, and that he drew, it may well be almost......