No Fuss. By Ward Muir. (richards. 7s. 6d. Net.)—in His
new book, No Fuss, the late Mr. Ward Muir includes in the objects which should not be " fussed " over what might be called ordinary Christian morality. He gives a picture, of......
Fiction
Oil! By Upton Sinclair. (New York : A. and C. Boni. i2.50.) This very long novel is at once a love story and a tract for the times. But Mr. Sinclair, though he has succeeded in......
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By E. Roy Calvert. (Putnam. 5s.)—Lord Buckmaster writes an introduction to Mr. Calvert's plc:, for the abolition of capital......
The Courteous Revelation. By Dudley Carew. (john Lane....
net.)—This story is concerned with a young bank clerk, Peter Stubbs, who is discontented with his life in the City and his rather vulgar fiancee. His dead mother's portrait and......
Itils., Higher The Fewer. By Arthur Vivian. (cayme
Press. 7s. i 6d.)—Just at first one is inclined to wonder why Mr. Vivian did not entitle his novel, " The More the Merrier,' since, in addition to the usual quotation,......
Sir Percy Hits Back. By Baroness Orczy. (hodder And...
7s. 6d. net.)—Admirers of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel will enjoy this episode concerned with the horrors of the Terror in provincial France. Baroness Orczy does not tell......
Bona-venture. By Ii. C. Bailey. (methuen. 7s. 6d....
C. Bailey writes of the spacious days of Elizabeth. His story is chiefly concerned with plots against the Queen's life and with the romantic exploits of Bona- Venture, a......
The Historical Saint Columba. By W. Douglas Simpson,...
the University of Aberdeen. Illustrated. (Milne and Hutchison, 7s. 6d.)—Here is a story of very except- tional interest and charm, and at the same time one which sheds a vivid......
The Book Of Nature The Taking Of Country Walks Has
come to be regarded as an old-fashioned pastime. One cannot " get any distance on one's feet," say the devotees of wheels, and just at the moment " distance " would seem to be......
The Ordeal Of Monica Mary. By W. L. George. (hutchinson.
7s. 6d. net.)—This book contains some vivid descriptions of the Mexican Revolution. The portrait of the Commander is able and dramatic. But the three ladies who arc in love with......
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