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Current Literature.

APELLA ; or THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS. By A Quarterly Reviewer. (Kegan Paul. 2s. fid.)—Apella, of the "To-day and To-morrow" Series, deals with the future of the Jews. Its author......

The Inquisition

The Inquisition, from its Establishment to the Great Schism: By A. L. Mayeock. With Introduction by Father Ronald Knox. (Constable. 12s. 6d.) To an English Protestant reader the......

Brains Of Rats And Men. By Prof. C. Judson Herrick.

(University of Chicago Press. $3.)—Our knowledge of the functions of the brain has been derived partly from observation on man in health and disease, and partly from......

Ten Weeks With Chinese Bandits. By Harvey J. Howard. (john

Lane. 8s. (Id. Illustrations.)—Just now any book about China strikes a topical note. Having been captured by the Black Dragon River Bandits and ultimately rescued after many......

A Jolly Traveller

ro Tafur. Travels and Adventures, 1435-1439. Translated and edited with an Introduction by Malcolm Letti. (Routledge. 12s. 6d. net.) E that would travel for the entertainment of......

The Conquest Of Civilization. By James H. Breasted. The...

OF CIVILIZATION. By- James Harvey Robinson. (Harpers. 2 vols. 16s. net.)—These volumes, by two well-known American scholars, constitute the most attractive and trustworthy......