Dante And His Influence. By Thomas Nelson Page. (chapman And
Hall. 7s. 6d.) A study of the great poet by the late American Ambassador to Italy. Dante's life is first of all narrated, and afterwards his work is displayed in the light of a......
Shouts And Murmurs. By 'alexander Woollcott. (leonard...
Impressions of an American dramatic critic. Contains a new and excellent story about Beerbohm Tree. Albert Samain (not Semain), author of Polyphime, is not considered quite so......
Biographies.
Saint Lydwine of Schiedam. By J. K. Huysmans. (Kegan Paul. 6s. 6d.) Long before Huysmans' return to the Roman Catholic Church he had been attracted as an artist by the artless......
Harlequin And Columbine. By Booth Tarkington. (heino-...
jeu d'esprit is most charming. Only the experienced artist can be successful in such work, and the author has that experience. There is not a heavy or false note in the little......
Over The Hills.
Climbs on Alpine Peaks. By Abate Achille Ratti. (Fisher Unwin. 8s. 6d. net.) Climbs on Alpine Peaks. By Abate Achille Ratti. (Fisher Unwin. 8s. 6d. net.) This volume, with an......
Roger Brooke Taney Will Chiefly Be Remembered For His :amour
decision in the Dred Scott Case (1856-57), in which he :ook his stand against the anti-slavery movement. That ase alone, and his removal of the Government deposits from the......
The Life And Work Of Sir James Kay-shuttleworth. By Frank
Smith. (Murray. 18s. net.) The subject of this conscientious memoir, who was born in 1804 and died in 1877, is remembered as the first secretary of the Committee of Council on......
Below The Snow Line. By Douglas W. Freshfield, D.c.l....
18s.) Below the Snow Line. By Douglas W. Freshfield, D.C.L. (Constable. 18s.) Mountaineers may be divided into two main types. There is first the " greasy-pole expert " of......
Studies In Literature.
Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century. By Marjory A. Bald. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d.) This volume does not examine the contribution made by women to......
Three Studies In English Literature : Kipling,...
Andre Chevrillon. Translated by Florence Simmonds. (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.) Though there is nothing elaborate in the production of this book it is an excellent example of the......
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