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Studies In Prose And Verse. By Arthur Symons. (j. M.

Dent and Co. 7s. 6d. net.) — Our standpoint, especially on the ethical aspects of literature, is other than that taken by Mr. Symons. We cannot help thinking that he shows from......

The Teaching Of History, And Other Papers. By H. L.

Withers. (The University Press, Manchester. 45. 6d.)—The Memoir, with selections from letters, which serves as an introduction to the papers of the late Mr. Withers, who filled......

The Humours Of Scottish Life. By The Very Rev. John

Gillespie, LL.D. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 3s. 641.)—Of the rather too numerous books which have followed in the wake of the cele- brated " Reminiscences" of Dean Ramsay, and some......

Some Consequences Of The Norman Conquest. By Rev....

(Elliot Stock. 7s. 6d.)—This is a curious and interesting book, and deserves to be widely read, even although the scholarly student will discover a good deal to find fault with......

With Amy In Brittany. By Sir Philip Burne-jones, Bart....

Appleton. 3s. 6d.)—The " Amy " with whom Sir Philip Burne-Jones made a week's trip was the motor-car of a pair of cousins, and the little volume in which he describes the tour......

The Feminine Note In Fiction. By W. L. Courtney. (chapman

and Hall. 6s. net.)—We shall follow our usual practice of absti- nence, and refrain from criticising a critic. Mr. Courtney's "Introductory Chapter" is excellent; he justifies......