Line. By Edmund J. Sullivan. (chapman And Hall. 10s. 6d.
net.) In the pursuit of his subject, " the trace of a point having length but not breadth," the author has made a beguiling book that will probably find a large public amongst......
Mr. Crabtree Goes As Fully Into The Growth Of Cotton
and the processes of spinning and weaving as a manual of little more than a hundred pages would allow. His book will interest all who study economies ; the cotton trade......
Mr. Bolland, Following In The Steps Of The Late F.
W. Mait- land, has made many a modern reader understand why Serjeant Maynard, according to Roger North, " had such a relish of the old year books that he carried one in his......
From Crow-scaring To Westminster. By George Edwards,...
Edwards is well known as the moving spirit of the Agricultural Workers' Union—a man who has probably done more than anyone else to raise the status of the farm-labourei and......
Mr. French Is Very Thorough. Everybody's Handwriting...
here, with some comment upon it by the author. " Each chapter contains some of the underlying principles of handwriting psychology as applied to some phase of human endeavour,......
History. (macmillan. 2s. Net.) The January Number Of The...
quarterly which is the organ of the Historical Association contains an eloquent tribute to Lord Bryce and to his last book, Modern Democracies. by Professor Pollard. Mr. B. D.......
Mazes And Labyrinths. By W. Ii. Matthews. (long- Mans And
Co. 18s. net.) Riddles were no doubt asked before there was any Sphinx to enliven the game, and the Cretan Labyrinth of the Minotaur which Sir Arthur Evans's recent excavations......
Gas. (b.c.g.a., 30 Grosvenor Gardens, S.w. 1.) All Who...
help towards smoke abatement are on the side of the angels, and we therefore salute the informing book issued by the British Commercial Gas Association as a piece of beneficent......
Pests Of The Garden And Orchard, Farm And Forest. By
Ray Palmer and W. Percival Westell. (Drane. 25s. net.) The authors justly describe this as a practical guide. It is carefully written and very well illustrated. The first and......
A Guide To English Gothic Architecture. By S. Gardner....
University Press. 16s.) Mr. S. Gardner has produced an attractive architectural guide consisting—as it should—mostly of photographs both of details, typical or exceptional, and......
Our Birds, Their Haunts And Nests. Photographs By Charles...
(Foulis. First and Second Series.) These are dear little books, just right for small hands to hold. Most of the photographs are beyond praise. They have caught the ancient-wise......
If Ever The Labour Party Possesses A Majority In The
House of Commons and forms a Ministry it will find itself confronted with the problems described in this pamphlet. It will soon learn that a Poor Law of some kind must continue......
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