The Public Library. By Ernest Baker. (daniel O'connor....
net.)—Dr. Baker, in this thoughtful book, sketches the development of municipal libraries and rural libraries and describes the methods adopted, as at Poplar or Croydon, for......
Scottish Colonial Schemes, 1620-1680. Bo George Pratt...
Maclehose, Jackson. 12s. 6d. net.)—It is seldom remembered that the unlucky Darien enterprise was not the first Scottish attempt at colonization. Dr. Insh has done a service in......
Other Poetry.—mount Helicon. (edward Arnold. 2s. 6d....
Walter Raleigh intended to write an intro- duction to this anthology, for it won his approval. The absence of an introduction, especially such an introduction as we could have......
A Short History Of British Expansion. 13f James...
25s. net.)—This substantial work, well propor- tioned, carefully written and suitably illustrated with maps, ought to be in every school library. The author handles masses of......
Some Books Of The Week.
Notice n this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Pastons and their England. By H. S. Bennett. (Cam- bridge University Press. 15s. net.)—Mr. Bennett has......
Poets And Poetry.
ON ENGLISH POETRY.* Mn. ROBERT GRAVES'S book On English Poetry is one of the most remarkable works on pure Aesthetics that has appeared for a long time. Its faults are......
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