A Short History Of Rome. By W. S. Robinson. (rivingtons.
3s. 6d.)—This is a good book of its kind. Mr. Robinson has already shown more than once that he has a skilful hand for the writing of such books. Our own feeling is that short......
Magazines And Snaier, Pnaracemoars.—we Have Received The...
:—The Century, the Pall Mall Magazine, St. .Nicholas, the Smart Set, the Review of Reviews, Scribner': Magazine, the Idler, Home Arts and Crafts, the World of Dress, the English......
The Preparatory Schools Review, July (alden And Co.,...
contains, among other interesting papers, a noteworthy article on "The Prefectorial System," by Mr. H. Frampton Stallard. The practice at the schools seems to vary considerably......
The History Of Wicken. By M. Knowles. (elliot Stock. 5s.
net.) --Wicken, a village of some importance in the Cambridgeshire Fens, is perhaps best known by the fact that the Manor belonged for a time to the Cromwell family. Henry......
The American Invaders. By F. A. Mckenzie. (grant...
6d. net.)—" I have counted it no business of mine," writes Mr. McKenzie in his preface, "to depreciate British manufacturers in the States or to gloss over their successes." The......
Toscanelli And Columbus. By Henry Vignand. (sands And Co....
6d. net.)—The blackening process goes on vigorously along- side of the whitewashing. Our villains are metamorphosed into heroes, our heroes into villains. This time it is......
Aiirial Navigation. By Frederick Walker, C.e. (crosby...
Son. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Walker is a believer in the airship of the future. There was a time, he argues, when the "ocean greyhound," which is now a commonplace fact, was regarded......
My Search For Truth And What I Found. By J.
Horton. Part I. " (Williams and Norgate. 2s. 6d.)—We must own that we do not quit. realise what it was that Mr. Horton found or thinks that he found. We see that he started with......
Flags And Their Story. By Galloway Kyle. (county...
Darlington. is.)—" The story of flags," says Mr. Kyle quite truly, "is the story of the world." He takes our national flags, beginning with the Royal Standard, and following the......
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