30 JANUARY 1904, page 14

Gordon League Ballads. By "jim's Wife" (mrs. Clement...

(Skeffingthn and Son. 2s. 6d.)—This is a "second series." Of the first the writer of this notice has no recollection, but he sees that it has had a decided success, reaching a......

The Baconian Mint. By William Willis. (sampson Low,...

Co. 2s. net.)—A theory has been started that the diction of the plays of Shakespeare is largely classical, that many of these words were coined, that the Stratford-on-Avon......

The Public School Hymn Book. (novell° And Co.)—this...

of three hundred and forty-nine hymns is the work of a Committee appointed by the Head-Masters' Conference. It would be rash to question the decision of judges whose competence......