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iction THEIR TRADITION. By Guy Rawlence. (Constable. 7s. 6d. net.)—A Wiltshire country house is the point of focus of this pleasant but not very excitin g novel—it is the......

The Goose-feather Bed. By. E. Temple Thurston. (putnam,...

Thurston in his novel The GOO8er Feather Bid has chosen a theme well. fitted to his craft or " weaving the web desire to snare the bird delight." He describes the life of a......

The Principles Of Prime Ministers

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Mr. Gilhooley. By Liam O'flaherty. (cape. 7s. 6d....

The Informer was one of last year's most remarkable_ novels, admirable alike in its economy, its intensity, its vivid starkness and overwhelmin g sense of drama. All the merits......

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-larrrisn Slavery And Its Abolition;--- -by W. L....

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(Chapman and Hall. 7s. 6d.)—The title and authorship of this manual taken in conjunction suggest a famous. poem ; but the suggestion has no justification. Mr., Brown (who wrote......