Stories Of The Scottish Border. By Mr. And Mrs. W.
Platt. (G. G. Harrap and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—The introduction to this volume will give young readers a useful outline of early Border history and, moreover, an interesting one.......
The Conquest Of The Air.'
IT is always astonishing to find how mechanical achievements seem to require antedating the moment we begin to make historical researches. Mechanical success is another thing.......
The Kidnapped Regiment. By Robert Leighton. (pilgrim...
" Story of 1745," though it can scarcely be reckoned among Mr. Leighton's most successful efforts, is a sufficiently brisk tale. It might even have been more effective without......
Rebels And Rogues. By Tom Bevan. (j. Nisbet And Co.
5s.)— Mr. Tom Bevan has never done better than in this tale ; the "Rebels," it must be understood, are the unlucky West Country folk who followed "King Monmouth," the " Rogues "......
Heroes Of Modern Africa. By Edward Gilliat, M.a. (seeley And
Service. 5s.)—Mr. Gilliat divides his book into three parts, giving the first to explorers, the second to soldiers and sailors, the third to statesmen. It would not be easy to......
Black Man's Rock. By John Mackie. (j. Nisbet And Co.
2s. 6d.) This story takes us back thirty odd years to the Basuto War (1879-1881). The "Rock" is Morosi's Mountain, a strong position which the Basuto chief of that name......
The Winning Of The Golden Spurs. By Percy Westerman. (james
Nisbet and Co. 5s.)—Redward Buckland has a past, as explained in the Prologue, which makes him glad, even when he is well into middle age, to stick to the business of fighting......
All Sorts Of Stories.*
Ma. LANG, whose prefaces have only one fault, that of being too short, gives us a most appetizing bill of fare of the feast provided for us by Mrs. Lang and himself. He even......
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