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The Face Of Clay. By Horace Annesley Vachell. (john Murray.

6s.)—Read in the light of his charming dedication, Mr Vachell's description of his book as an " interpretation" may be understood to mean an interpretation to English people of......

Current Literature.

M. SAROLEA'S ESSAYS. Essais de Litterature et de Politique. Par Charles Sarolea. (Weissenbruch, Brussels. Hachette et Cie., London.)—M. Sarolea, who is a Professor of Edinburgh......

A Mender Of Nets. By William Mackay. (chatto And Windus.

6s.)—There is a good deal of poetry in the descriptions of the little East Anglian town in which the scene of this novel Is laid. "Lesborough" lies on the sand dunes bordering......

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'ab HOUSE OF COBWEBS.* THE average quality of posthumous works of fiction, which of recent years have attained such formidable dimensions in the case of popular and industrious......

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6s.)—The descriptions of China and the Chinese in this book are interesting, but they would have been very much improved had the account of the millionaire's courtship been......

Cloth Versus Silk. By Dorothea Conyers. (hutchinson And...

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Recent Law Books.

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