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The Real Francis Joseph.*

A CRABBING water-colour painting, one of the last portraits ever taken of the ill-fated Duc de Reichstadt, the eaglet of M. Rostand's drama, represents him seated with a chubby......

Scouting For Boys.*

THIS book does not belie its sub-title. It is in every sense of the word a manual of sound citizenship. General Baden- Powell had an inspiration of genius when he conceived the......

The Court Of Louis Xiii.*

WE may say at once that the author of this book does not always show the discretion which the subject imperatively demands. It could not in any case have been made suitable......