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Scotland's Ruined Abbeys.

Scotland's Ruined Abbeys. By Howard Crosby Butler, A.M. (Macmillan and Co. 12s.)—Whether Mr. Butler be a Scotsman by birth or not we do not know, and there is nothing in the......

Experts On Guns And Shooting. (sampson Low, Marston, And Co.

14s. net.)—Mr. G. T. Teesdale Buckell, for many years editor of Land and Water, has embodied in this book a number of chapters on the art and craft of various celebrated......

The Art And Practice Of Hawking. By E. B. Michell.

(Methuen and Co. 10s. 6d.)—This is a prettily bound and well-printed hook, light to handle, illustrated by a few excellent drawings by Hr. G. E. Lodge, and some photographs of......

Among Horses In South Africa. By Captain Hayes, F.r.c.v.s...

of the Buffs. (R. A. Everett and Co. 5s.)—The author of this readable story of a short visit to South Africa has borrowed its title from a more truly " horsey " book, in which......

A History Of Spain.

A History of Spain, from the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the Catholic. By Ulick R. Burke. Second Edition, with Notes and an Introduction by Martin A. S. Hume. 2......

Current Literature.

BOOKS OF SPORT. Sharpshooting for Sport and War. By W. W. Greener. (R. A. Everett and Co. ls.)—Mr. Greener devotes this excellent little book entirely to the rifle and its use.......