The Essence Of Astronomy. By Edward W. Price. (g. P.
Putnam's Sons. 3s. 6d. net.)—This book aims at explaining, in non-technical language, the" things everyone should know" about the sun, moon, planets, and stars. The author is......
The Round Table. No. 15. (macmillan And Co. 2s.
This admirable political quarterly continues to preserve its high standard of interest. The article on domestic affairs is mainly devoted to an historical commentary on the......
Prehistoric London. By E. 0. Gordon. (e. Stock 10s. 6d.
net.)—It is rather late in the day to revive the legend of Brutus, grandson of .Aeneas, as the eponymous hero of Britain. Yet this task is essayed in all seriousness by Mr.......
Catalogue Of Scientific Papers. Compiled By The Royal...
XIII. (Cambridge University Press. £2 10s. net.)—The Royal Society is doing a great service to students by undertaking to catalogue the vast mass of scientific papers published......
The Study Of Modern History In Great Britain. By C.
H Firth. (H. Milford. 6d. net.)—In this paper, read last year at the International Historical Congress, Professor Firth points out that the progress of historical study in any......
Essays. By Alice Meynell. (burns And Oates. 5s. Net.)—...
Meredith once said of Mrs. Meynell's essays that Matthew Arnold would have acknowledged that she could write and Carlyle that she could think—and he selected good judges. A......
Historical Sketches Of Old Charing. By James Galloway....
Sons, and Danielsson. 10s. 6d. net.)—These interesting studies in the history of London were written by Dr. Galloway at the reqnest of his students at Charing Cross Hospital,......
Bannockburn. By John E. Morris. (cambridge University...
this brief but very interesting "centenary monograph" Mr. Morris discusses some of the problems con- nected with the famous battle of which we have just been celebrating the six......
• America And The Americans Front A Chinese Point Or
View. By Wu Tingfang. (Duckworth and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Gold- smith, in one of his most entertaining productions, put his criticisms of English society into the mouth of a......
The Vanguard. By E. B. Bronson. (hodder And Stoughton....
entertaining volume deals with gamblers and road agents, "bad men" and cowboys, poker games and mining ventures. The crack of the revolver and of the stock-whip sounds......
On Lzfe And Letters. Second Series. By Anatole France. (john
Lane. 6s.)—M. France's style is so personal and charming that it is bound to lose something in translation, but what he says is always so interesting that it can be read with......
The Annual Register, 1913. (longman.s And Co. 18s.)—this...
provides the politician and the journalist with a very convenient and trustworthy review of the public events of the past year, both at home and abroad. The only criticism we......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading les notico such Books of tho weals as have nd reserved for review In other forms.] A New English. Dictionary on Historical Principles. " Shastri—Shyster," by......
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