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A Briton In America. By Harold Spender. (heinemann. 8s. 6d.

net.)—Mr. Spender has reprinted, with additions, the pleasant letters which he contributed to the Daily Telegraph a year a g o when, as a dele g ate to the Mayflower Council, he......

Days And Nights Of Shikar. By Mrs. W. W. Baillie.

(John Lane. 12s. 6d4—Mrs. Baillie's book is a readable and unpre- tentious account of bi g g ame shooting in India. It contains some amusin g anecdotes and the followin g deli......

Insect Transformation. By G. H. Carpenter. (methuen. 12s....

Carpenter's treatise is elaborate in design, well written and fully illustrated. He first deals generally with form, growth and change, and then considers the three main types......

Mrs. Archibald Christie Has Written In Her Book Samplers And

Stitches (Bataford, 25s. net) a most practical g uide. She has not scorned to g ive examples and dia g rams of the simpler stitches, such as chain stitch, couchin g , knots,......

Giovanni Florio. Par Longworth Chambrun. (paris : Payot....

Chambrun's attractive and well-documented study of Florio, who is known for his translation of Montai g ne's Essays and for his Italian-English dictionaries or manuals of......

Works Of Reference.—the Daily Mail Year-book, 1922,...

David Williamson (Associated Newspapers, Is. ed. net), appears for the twenty-second year with commend- able punctuality, and is as interesting and accurate as ever. It deals......