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About Algeria. By C. Thomas-stanford. (john Lane. 5s....

very interesting points are brought out and emphasized in Mr. Thomas-Stanford's sketch of the history and inhabitants of Algeria. To begin with, it is a country with many......

Readable Novel/3. The Wisdom Of Waiting. By Mabel Ince....

and Windus. Os.)—The story of a secret marriage and the inconveniences which it entailed. The renewed court- ship of the husband and wife at the end of the book is prettily......

The Battle. By Claude Farrere. Translated By Fa De Clare-

mont Tonnere. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—Tho great moment of this book, which is a translation from the French, is the description of the battle of Tsu-Shima. It is a wonderful study......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this headl 1g ue colic. such Rooks of the wed as have not bun reserved for review t,. other formal Recollections, Grave and Gay. By Mrs. Burton Harrison. (Smith, Elder......

In Wicklow, West Kerry, And Connemara. By John M. Synge

(Maunsel and Co., Dublin. es. net.)—The Aran Islands. (Same author, publisher, and price.)—The second of those two volumes was first published. in 1900, was included in the......

Heritage. By Valentina Hawtroy. (constable And Co. Es.)—...

contains an account of the Pimbletts of Pimblett Court, and a most disagreeable, arbitrary set of people they are. Martin Pimblett, the central figure in the story, is almost......

The April Instalment Of The New Nnglisb, Dictionary...

is a double section of unusual size (64 pages), Th - Thycle, edited by Sir Tames A. H. Murray, Ea. This brings vol. ix. of the dictionary to an end. Of the 4,069 main words,......

"murphy" : A Message To Dog - Lovers. By Major Gambier -...

Elder and Co. 8s. Od. net.)—This " message " will touch many hearts in that " vast host," as our author puts it, " in the human family that loves dogs." Wo have read many books......