We Have To Acknowledge Four Additional Volumes Of The...
History of the Counties of England" (A. Constable and Co., 31s. 6d. net per vol.) These are Kent,Vol. I ; Stafford,V 01.1. ; Warwick, Vol. II.; and Dorset, Vol. II. The plan of......
District Councils. By H. D. Cornish, B.a. (stevens And Sons.
7e. 6d.)—This "Concise Guide to the Powers and Duties" of the District Council forms a substantial volume of more than four hundred pages, and that though the topics of the......
A Handbook Of Employments. By Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon. (rose-...
Aberdeen. is. net.)—This is "specially prepared for the use of boys and girls entering the trades, industries, and profes- sions." Conditions of employment, wages, hours of......
Crockford's Clerical Directory. (horace Cox. 20s.) —...
recommend Crockford. It is quite sufficient to reflect how we should prize such a list of the clergy and benefices of the Church, say, of the year 1750, or a similar volume......
A History Of Great Britain. By E. M. Wilmot-buxton. (methuen
and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Wilmot-Buxton, already favourably known as the author of various historical books, gives us a useful com- pendium, illustrated with maps, of English history......
Key To The Ancient Parish Registers Of England And Wales.
By Arthur Meredith Burke. (Sackville Press. 102. 6d.)—Mr. Burke explains in his introduction the beginning of the parish registers and various details concerning them. Then......
Colour In The Flower - Garden. By Gertrude Jekyll....
George Newnes. 12s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume of the "Country Life Library." We may quote the first two paragraphs of the introduction, as explaining what the author aims at,......
The Structure Of The Cotton - Fibre. By F. H. Bowman, D.sc.
(Macmillan and Co. Sc. 6d. net.)—Dr. Bowman gave a series of lectures on the "Structure of the Cotton-Fibre in its Relation to Technical Applications" as long ago as 1880. In......