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Sir James Douglas. By Robert Hamilton Coats And R. E.

Goenell. (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 21s. net.)—This volume belongs to the series of "Makers of Canada." Most of these distinguished persons have to do with Eastern Canada. Here we......

Selections From Travels And Journals Preserved In The...

Edited by George W. Forrest. (E. A. Arnold, and others. 103. 6d.) — Mr. Forrest, who was formerly Director of Records to the Indian Government, has put together in this volume a......

The Trout-waters Of England. By Walter M. Gallichan. (t. N.

Foulis. 25. 6d. net.)—" The waters that I shall describe in these pages," writes Mr. Gallichan in his preface, "are 'open'—that is to say, the holiday angler can enjoy his......

New Editions. — We Have Received The First Six Volumes Of...

Oxford Thackeray " (H. Frowde, 2s. net per vol.) The arrangement is, as far as possible, chronological. The first volume contains Thackeray's earliest writings—the first of all......

We Have Received Vol. Iii. Of The Works Of James

Buchanan, Collected and Edited by James Bassett Moore (J. B. Lippincott Company ; sold only in sets of 12 vols., 212 12s. net). James Buchanan was President of the United States......

Report On The Teaching Of English In The U.s.a. By

M. Atkinson Williams. (Swan Sonnerischein and Co. 2s. net.)— Miss Williams explains that this volume represents the work done by her as the holder of a Gilchrist Travelling......

The Empire Of The East. By H. B. Montgomery. (methuen

and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This "Empire" is Japan, and it is Japan which our author seeks "to depict as it really is, not the Japan seen through glasses of various colours." Very......

Memories Of Gardens. By Alexander Lanes Shand. With...

Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bart. (West Strand Pub- lishing Company. 10s. 6d. net.)—In this volume we have a reprint of fifteen papers recently—i.e., within the last ten years—......