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Early Revenue History Of Bengal And The Fifth Report, 1812.

By F. D. Ascoli. (Clarendon Press. 4s. Od. net.)—The history of British Irolia.fromthe departure of Warren Hastings to the Mutiny is studied by few Englishmen, despite its......

George Washington's Aide-de-camp.*

Iv cannot be mid that Colonel David Humphreys was altogether unknown to fickle fame, even before his descendant compiled this substantial and interesting biography. To students......

The Making Of The Future : The Coming Polity. By

Patrick Geddes and V. Branford.—Ideas oh War. By Patrick Geddes find G. Slater. (Williams and Norgate. 5s. net each.)—Professor Geddes', the most active exponent in this country......

'tiie Gentle Art Of Malingering.* This Authors Of This Very

complete text-book have certainly earned the thanks of their profession and their work deserves to be .praised and recognized by all of us. They mt themselves to write out the......

Some Books Of The Week.

Votive is this MUM, doer not useessarily preclude eitespisot nasal Poems. By Alan Seeger. (Constable and Co. 5s. not.)—Alan Seeger, a young Harvard man living in Paris when the......

Fiction.

THE MAID WITH WINGff.f Trrottou for convenience' sake Mr. Onhorn's fantasies may be regarded as -falling under the category of the short story, there are very few of them that......

Readable Novel.9.—the Deep Heart. 'by Isabel C. Clarke....

Co. (16.)—A restful story of which the scene is chiefly -laid in beautiful gardens in Itchy.—Fetters on lite Feel. By Mrs. Fred Reynolds. (Edward Arnold. 6s.)—An 'interesting......