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Highways And Byways In Galloway And Carrick. By The Rev.

C. H. Dick. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. (Macmillan and Co. 6s. net.)—Most English people, as Mr. Dick says very truly, know nothing of Galloway except through the novels......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in thie column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Rest Days. By Hutton Webster. (Macmillan and Co. 12a. 6d. net.) —This is a very solid piece of research......

Readable Nover.s.—given In Marriage. By B. M. Croker....

and Co. Os.)—As is usual with Mrs. Croker, the half of the book in which the scene is laid in India is better reading than the later part which passes in England.—Dead Men's......

The Ebbing Tide. By Viscount Haldane. (mills And Boon. 6d.)—

Under a somewhat misleading title, Lord Haldane has reprinted the speech which he made in the House of Lords on July 19th last, on the importance of more thorough educational......

Women's Plate In The World.—a Reprint Of An Address By

Sir Dye. Duckworth to the Women's Diocesan Association (Jerrold and Sons, 6d. net), in which the eminent physician utters a warning to all those who are striving to place women......

Fiction.

TILE PRISONER.• STAY-AT-NOMB readers, who have never visited the United States, are constantly having their eyes opened to the variety of American life, and finding themselves......

The Navy Of The Restoration. By A. W. Tedder. (cambridge

Uni- versity Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—This scholarly essay on the Navy from 1660 to 1667 brings out clearly the decisive influence exercised by Admiral Mountagu at a critical moment......

The Man-power Of The 21ation. By Alexander Richardson....

ls. net.)—This pamphlet is a collection of articles reprinted from Engineering on the problems of industrial efficiency. The author shows practical knowledge and good sense in......

The Future Of South America. By Roger W. Babson. (duckworth

sad Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This book is written by a shrewd American business man for the benefit of American merchants and manufacturers, who apparently know much less about South......