21 SEPTEMBER 1907, page 20

The Roman Empire.*

THE title of this bulky and well-printed volume is somewhat misleading. It is in reality a chronicle of the Roman Empire, supplemented by useful sections on the Saracens and the......

Novels.

THE SECRET AGENT.* MR. JOSEPH CONRAD on the few occasions hitherto when he has laid his scene in England has failed to exert the sombre fascination which marks his pictures of......