Another'excelleht Publication 'on The Sane' Lines, From...
Messrs. Benn (3s. 6d.), shows the tide of public interest in smoke abatement, which, taken at the flood, will lead on to legislation. In the preface.. to Home Fires Without......
The Price Of The Modern Churchman, Reviewed Last Week, Was
stated to be 8s. 6d. The price, in fact, is 3s. 6d. net.......
We Do Not Know Why The Author Of Native Diet
says that Jerusalem artichokes are a neglected food in England. In many households they are avidly enjoyed. However, as Sir Arbuthnot Lane says in the preface, we can learn a......
Whether Writing Of A Fan-tan Party In Limehouse, Of Walking
through a tube tunnel,. or of the yellow face of Big Ben seen through the night-mists on the river, or of how omnibuses go to bed, Mr. H. V. Morton is always entertaining : he......
A Turbid Torrent Of Psycho-analysis Is Flooding...
one comes across a good book on the subject of readable dimensions and reasonably free from tech- nicalities. Such is Mr. A. E. Baker's Psycho-analysis Raplained and Criticized......
We Sometimes Wonder Why More People Do Not Take Up
the study of those lowly organisms which can be viewed at small expense through the modern microscope. Microscopic Fresh Water Life, by Mr. F. J. W. Plaskitt (Chapman and Hall,......
This Week's Books
Sin FREDERICK WHYTE'S Asia in the Twentieth Century (Scribner, 7s. 6d.) is a smallish book, of particular importance, however, for there are few Europeans who have as broad and......
There Is A Comic Side To Sir Thomas Roe's Embassy
to the Grand Moghul—how our dignified ambassador had to enroll s , with Jehangir and receive presents of " whyld hogges " and Babylonish garments from him ; and how shrewd Sir......
Messrs. Theodore And Kermit' Roosevelt Have Written A...
narrative of their adventures in Tibet and the Tianshan mountains—a book that all will enjoy, for there is no high falutin' or egotism here (which is adders' poison under the......
Messrs. Hodder And Stoughton Publish The Prince Of...
Book at 7s. 6d. This pictorial record of His Royal Highness's tour: Ito South and West. Africa and to South America is •es- entertaining as it is–ediichtiVe, and should find a......
We Welcome This Week The " Smoke Abatement " Number
of Sunlight (The Sunlight League, 37 Russell Square, W.C. 1s.). Dr. Saleeby's correspondence with Mr. Chamberlain is given, as also is an interesting article on the sunlight......
The Oil War, By Mr. Anton Mohr (hopkinson, 7s. 6d.),
deserves more expert treatment than can be given here, but the book must be mentioned not only because it has a preface by Mr. Hartley Withers, but also because it combines......
Laurie's Cyclopaedia Of Gifts, Obtainable From Messrs....
net, has many good ideas for presents. Under" Unusual Gifts " we find suggestions such as a monster umbrella for the garden, or the payment of the cost of a year of window......
The New Competition
The Editor offers a prize of £5 for an Essay in Prose or Verse on " The Character of an Ideal Friend." What are the essentials to be looked for in a true friend ? If you were......
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