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Novels.

FAME'S PATHWAY.* THE credentials of those who embark on historical romance do not always command respect. Mr. Chatfield-Taylor's claims, however, can undergo inspection far......

The Street With Seven Houses. By Silvia Brett. (hodder And

Stoughton. 6s.)—This is a very charming series of short stories taking as their theme seven houses in a particular street. The author of course contrives that no commonplace......

Some Books Of The Wiiek.

[Under this heading we notice such, Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Mr William Cadbury publishes, with an added chapter, a new edition of......

Reenseza Novaas.—the Gateway. By Harold Begbie. (hodder...

have never seen any better work from Mr. Beghie. The stray emphasises the restoring power of Christian faith.—The Ghost Pirates. By William Hope Hodgson. (Stanley Paul and Co.......

The Cross In Politics. By Bernard M. Hancock. (g. Allen

and Sons. Is. net.)—Mr. Hancock has something to say-which, whether we can accept it or not, is always worth considering. The first paper is an earnest appeal to the voter to be......

The Great Gay Road. By Tom Gallon. (john Long. 6s.)—

Mr. Gallon gives 'us here an account of the astounding exploits of a cheerful adventurer who poses as an irascible old gentleman's long-lost son. The story of the hero's......

The Wholesale Co - Operative Societies' Annual. - (1...

here a Rae srlay of pictures which display the business premises belonging ta. the Co-operative Societies. They may be said to illustrate the striking figures given of the......

Three Lectures Delivered On The Occasion Of The Centenary Of

Tennyson's birth may be mentioned together. Tennyson, by Henry Jones (H. Frowde, ls. net), is the tribute of the British Academy, of which Professor Jones, who holds the Chair......

Book Of Georgian Verse. Chosen And Edited By William Stanley

Braithwaite. (Grant Richards. (ls.)—This volume follows up the "Book of Elizabethan Verse," published in 1906, and is itself to be followed by a "Book of Restoration Verse" and......

Handbook To The School Calendar. (j. M. Dent And Sons

25. 6d. net.)—The Education Committee of the London County Council has had a calendar prepared in which every day is marked with one event or more. The subject for the day is......