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The What - A - Babies. By E. P. B. (sherratt And Hughes,...

6(14—This little book, no bigger than a pamphlet, is an attempt to describe the dreams of two feverish children. They go to a great many metaphorical places, such as " Thing-......

Literary Criticises In . The Renaissance. By Joel Elias...

garn. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.) — This scholarly, carefully written, and admirably condensed volume belongs to a series known as the "Columbia University Studies in Literature,"......

4s. Cd. Nat.)—this Is The Book Of A Thoroughgoing...

"The Prince had never but one end in view, namely, to tell the truth." Of course this refers to his reminiscences. It certainly does not refer to his diplomacy. But this is not......

Hubert Hervey.

Hubert Hervey, Student and Imperialist : a Memoir. By Earl Grey, late Administrator of Rhodesia. (Edward Arnold. 7s. 6d.) —This memoir shows how loftiness of character and......

A History Of Eton College. By Lionel Cust. (duckworth And

Co. 5s. net.) – Mr. Lionel Cast is to be congratulated on his History of Eton College. It was a difficult task to carry out. In the first place, Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte's......

Jesus College, Oxford. By E. G. Hardy, M.a. (f. E.

Robinson and Co. 5s. net.)—It is not Mr. Hardy's fault that this is not an interesting book. In College histories the excitement comes in, for the most part, when there are......

The Child's Cookery Book. By Louisa S. Tate. (grant...

—This is a very nice little book which ought to rejoice the hearts of a great many children, and prove of real use to some of them as they grow older. The recipes are given in a......

London Souvenirs. By C. W. Heckethorn. (chatto And...

Heckethorn has much that is curious and amusing to tell us ; but his book is not wholly satisfactory. He wants the right temper of the raconteur. The writer who would please in......