Some Books Of The Week.
iYofiss 5 the solutes does Sot s esssrUy proaas subseq14.4 Forty Days in 1914. By Sir F. Maurice. Second Edition. (Constable. 21s. net.)—We may call attention to the second......
A Thousand And One Notes On "a New English Dictionary."
By G. G. Louse. (Surbiton : Philpott. 5s.)—Mr. Loser, a well-known lexicographer, deserves the thanks of those who use " Murray " daily. He has noted in the comae of his reading......
Guide To Carlyle. By Augustus Ralli. (g. Allen And Unwin,
2 vols., 42s. net.)—Mr. Ralli evidently holds that Carlyle retains many followers. For them he has taken the trouble to analyze all C.arlyle's writings and to supply critical......
We Have Received A Further Batch, Twenty-eight In Number, Of
the useful Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office for the Peace Conferenco and published by the Stationery Office. The most......
In A Green Shade. By Maurice Howlett. (g. Bell. 6s.)—
A book of essays on rural and literary subjects. Quite excellent for, say, reading in bed, but lacking in that quality which gav° to Mr. Hewlett's earlier romances their......
Coleridge, Lamb, And Leigh Hunt. Edited By S. E. Winbolt.
(Bryce. 12s. 6d. net.)—This is an excellent little book, and will be thoroughly liked by all who care for what Byron described with contemptuous bitterness as the Lakes School......
International Scholarship. By Sir F. G. Kenyon. (h. Mil-...
for the British Academy. is. Si. net.)—The Director of the British Museum dealt in his presidential address to the British Academy, reprinted in this pamphlet, with the question......
Poets And Poetry.
. . NEWMARKET FAME." MIL MASEFIELD'S new poem is the story of a steeplechase, and he has treated his subject in as technical and expert a way as he did that of fox-hunting in......
The Metric Committee Appointed By The Conjoint Board Of...
Societies to consider whether the metric system should be compulsorily adopted in this country reported against the proposal. Its Report (Royal Society, Is. net) is a very lucid......