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An Educational Adventure

The History of Bedford College for Women. By Margaret J. Tuke. (Oxford University Press. nos. 6d.) NDIETy years ago Mrs. Elizabeth Reid, a widow who was neither very wealthy nor......

History Without Tears

Irish Cavalcade. By M. J. MacManus. (Macmillan. 8s. 6d.) IT was a happy idea, and, as far as Irish history is concerned, an original one, to make up a book of source-material......

Lord Midleton's Memories

Records and Reactions, 1856-1939. By the Earl of Midleton. (Murray. I2S. 6d.) AT the age of 82 Lord Midleton, as a politician, belongs largely to .a past generation. In......