The Life And Friendships Of Catherine Marsh. By L. E.
O'Rorke. (Longmans and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Miss Catherine Marsh, who died in 1912 at the great age of ninety-four, was, in the Primate's phrase, " the veteran pioneer of women's......
What Industry Owes To Chemical Science. By R. B. Filcher
and F. Butler-Jones. (Constable and Co. 3s. net.)—In this little book the authors cover a very wide field, showing briefly how every in- dustry, including agriculture, has......
Germany, 1815 - 1890. By Sir A. W. Ward. Vol. Ii.,...
(Cambridge University Press. 12s. _net.)—The Master of Peter. house has continued his learned and very dispassionate history of modern Germany from the temporary triumph of......
The Commemorative Medal In The Service Of Germany. By G.
F. Hill. (Longmans and Co. 6d. net.)—The Keeper of the Department of Coins at the British Museum gives an instructive account, with illustrations, of some of the hundreds of......
Readable Novma. — A History Of Departed Things. By Mrs....
(Kagan Paul, Trench, and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—There is a certain grace about this story of cultured people and their doings in pre-war days. But the heroine's marriage, at the end......
Transactions Of The Royal Historical Society. Third...
are several important papers in this volume. Professor Firth's presidential address, reviewing our relations with Austria, is timely, and emphasizes the fact that " no temporary......
Messrs. Dent Have Added To Their Admirable New Edition Of
Mr. Joseph Conrad's novels that very able and disconcerting story Nostromo (5s. net). The author in an introductory note says that it was " the most anxiously meditated of the......
A Celtic Psaltery. By Alfred Perceval Graves. (s.p.c.k....
first half of this interesting volume contains verse render. ings of Irish and Welsh poems, while in the second half are col- lected some of Mr. Graves's original verses, in......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Alexandrine Gospel. By the Rev. A. Nairne, D.D. (Longmans and Co. Is. 6d. net.)—Canon Nairne has......
Fiction.
" MR. MANLEY."t Tars is a novel on an old theme, with a scene in which old-fashioned traditions linger on in surroundings not immune to modern influences, but it is handled with......
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