5 DECEMBER 1931, page 24

It Might Seem As Though Enough Anthologies Of Religious...

existed to satisfy all tastes : but the compilers of The Sundays of Man's Life (S.P.C.K., 6s.) have hit upon an original idea, which should make a wide appeal to all lovers of......

There Can Surely Be Few Garden Lovers Who Are Not

familiar .with the original from which Leaves from Gerard's Ilerball are -published (t. Howe, 7s. 6d.), following Mr. Marcus Woodward's admirable arrangement. Every gardener......

The Next Best Thing To Spending A Night In The

woods (or possibly a better one, since cramp, midges and weariness are all enemies of the observer) is to spend a day with Mr. Arthur Thompson's Nature by Night (Ivor Nicholson......

Mr. Eneas Mackay Is Doing A Good Service To The

growing spirit of Scots nationalism, to furthering its assertion as an operative reality and not merely as something to be alco- holically exalted on nights wi' Burns, by......

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A Goon many modest collectors of English earthenware will be glad to have Mr. G. E. Howard's little book on Early English Drug Jars (Medici Society, lOs. 6d.). It is in truth......

We Should Not Think It Necessary To Mention Personal Letters

of King Edward VII (Hutchinson, 12s. 6d.) if it were not that the title may lead to an expectation of great interest. Colonel Sewell, the editor, has achieved what we should......

Gallant Gentlemen, By E. Keble Chatterton (hurst And...

6d.) is a popular book on the exploits of the Allied Arms at sea. It is written with probably more knowledge than most of them ; the episodes are well chosen, many of them being......

The Ethics Of Limited Editions Are Hard To Determine, But

one thing the purchaser of an expensive book has the right to demand ; and that is that the material shall be worthy of its costly treatment. The Magic Forest, by Christopher......

Mr. Massingham's New Book, Birds Of The Seashore (werner...

lOs. 6d.), is concerned entirely with birds that live on the shore or in marshes near the sea. It is a big book with many illustrations, and is arranged in such a way as to be......

Palestine Illustrated (two Volumes), By Frank Scholten...

is a picture-book de luxe. Mr. Scholten's two stunptuous volumes contain a series of excel- lent photographs, faced throughout by what purport to be apposite quotations from the......