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Wan-books.—how Soldiers Fight. By F. Norreys Connell. (j....

6d.)—This is a seasonable volume. Mr. Connell gives his first chapter to the past, and in his second compares the soldiers of the various Powers of the world. Than he deals with......

Miscsmarmous. — The Children's Morning Text Book,...

and C. S. L. (A. R. Mowbray, 2s. net), is a collection of devotional extracts (in verse) which are so arranged as to illustrate the successive stages of Christ's ministry on......

Post Office London Directory, 1900. (kelly's...

to say about this really wonderful volume. It goes on growing, as it has grown year by year, its most recent shoot being forty-one pages long. And it is kept more closely up to......

The Transvaal Under The Queen. By Lieutenant-colonel N....

and Co. 6s.)—The author of this volume was in the Transvaal more than twenty years ago, and saw many persons and things there which it is now interesting to read about. What......

Thrologt. — The Parable Of The Great Supper. By The Rev. F.

C. Blyth. (Rivingtons. 5s.)—This is an effort to exemplify a suggestion cf the author that expositions of Scripture might advantageously be substituted for discourses based on......

Rambles In Dickens Land. By Robert Allbut. (s. T. Free-

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