Magdalene College, Cambridge. By Edward Kelly Purnell,...
Robinson and Co. 55. net.)—We cannot say that Mr. Purnell has the gift of lucid exposition. The story of the foundation of the College is somewhat complicated. There was a......
Under Croagh Patrick. By Mrs. William O'brien. (john...
O'Brien's book is for the most part, as one might expect, an agrarian and political pamphlet. We need not say much of it under this aspect. Mr. O'Brien has found out by this......
[under This Heading We Notice Such Books Of The Week
as haus not been reserved for review in other forms.] Consolation of Du Perrier" are always welcome, especially when they come with the vigorous criticism which Mr. Belloc knows......
Essays On Life, Art, And Science. By Samuel Butler. Edited
by R. A. Streatfeild. (Grant Richards. 6s.)—We cannot but think that it would have been well to leave the majority of these nine essays to the oblivion into which they had......
Retvisan' Had Her Armoured Deck Continued Downwards So As To
constitute an extra defence against torpedoes. But it is not so much the simple blowing of a hole as the extensive jarring, and consequent loosening of rivets and plates, that......
History Of The Town And County Of Wexford. By Philip
Herbert Here. (Elliot Stock. 40s. net to subscribers.)—This is the fourth volume of Mr. Here's exhaustive work. More than half of it is occu- pied with the history of Duncasmon......
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