Outlines Of French Literature With Chapters On The...
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A Complete Manual Of The Spanish Lan- Guage, By C.
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Errors In School—their Causes And Treat, Ment. By Sir John
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„greek Prose Composition. J. A. Nairn. (cam- Bridge....
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Practical Italian Grammar, By J. L. Russo (heath, 4s. 6d.),
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The French Classic Age. By N. S. Wilson. (hachette. 5s.
6d.)—How often does " gloire " occur in Corneille's works ? His age tried to live up to it. The strain was great. Perhaps that was why . " the' little King with his......
Every Boy's Book. Of Geology. By A. E. Truman And
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" Less Than 60,000 Elementary School Pupils Are...
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- Rural Science, By J. Mason And J. A. Dow (mcdougall,
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Essays Of A Naturalist. By Sir Ray Lankester. (methuen. Is.
6d.)—" Dragons of the prime," glaciers, bluish- green with dust falling " from interstellar space," the wedding rites of eels " in the dark salt waters of the ocean floor,"......
History And Great Literature.
THE OXFORDSHIRE SYLLABUS OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR USE IN COUNCIL SCHOOLS. (Murby. 1s. 6d.)—This has received much commendation. It is based on the conception of a......
Latin Prose Composition For Juniors. C. F. U. Letts And
G. M. Jackson. (Cambridge. 4s.)—It may be questioned whether juniors should be told (p. 86) that the future participle can express purpose, or whether the attrac- tion of the......
Our Debt To Greece And Rome Series (english Agents, Harrap,
5s.) has three new volumes which demand consideration. The title of Dr. A. T. Allen's Stage Antiquities of the Greeks and Romans may deter some people ; but if, attracted by the......
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