Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Garland of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr. Edited, with a Preface,......
Readable Novels.—the Pirouette. By Helen Mathers. (digby,...
6s.)—A collection of short stories, some of which are decidedly original and worth reading.—Barbara goes to Oxford. By Barbara Burko. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A description of how......
Solomon's Temple. By The Rev. W. Shaw Caldecott. (r.t.s....
Caldecott in his introduction discusses, among other matters, the historical value of the books of Chronicles. It is not easy to see what he means when he says that the doubts......
Historical Character Studies. Vol. I. Translated From The...
Dr. Jorissen by the Rev. B. S. Berrington. (R. Sutton. 7s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Jorissen deals in this volume with Marie Antoinette and Mirabeau. Both portraits are drawn with much......
Current Literature.
QUEEN AND CARDINAL. Queen and Cardinal : a Memoir of Anne of Austria and of her Relations with Cardinal Mazarin. By Mrs. Colquhoun Grant. With Portraits. (John Murray. 12s.......
Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz. By Leo Konigsberger. Translated by Frances A. Welby. (Clarendon Press, Oxford. 165. net.)— The admirable work of Helmholtz counts for much in the history......