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A Vanished Dynasty Ashanti. By Sir Francis Fuller....

net.)—Sir Francis Fuller, -who was Chief Com- missioner of Ashanti, has written a terse and dispassionate history of the country from thefounding of the dynasty in thelate......

Selections From The Parton Letters. Edited By Alice D....

wood. (Bell. 15s. net. . )—These selections are made from Sir John Fenn's modernized version, not from Dr. .Gairdner's scholarly edition of the originals, and are arranged in......

Works Or Referende.—the Musical Directory, 1921 (rudall,...

is in its sixty-ninth year. It is mainly a list—a very , long list—of instrumentalists, professors and traders, but contains also a short account of musical institutions and an......

Cosim9 I., Duke Of Florence. By Cecily Booth. (cambridge...

Press. 25s. net.)--Cosimo, a member of the younger branch of the Medici and son of the famous general, Giovanni delle Bande Nere, was elected Duke of Florence in 1537 after the......

Robert Cul-those, Duke Of Normandy. By C. W. David. (harvard

University Press ; H. Milford. 12s. 6d. net.)—The author, who was a pupil of Professor Haskins, has written an interesting life of the luckless Robert, son of William I., who......

Linguistic Studies From The Himalayas. By The Rev. T....

Bailey. (Royal Asiatic Society.)This learned mono- graph issued by the Royal Asiatic-Society illustrates the absurdity of speaking of " the Indian people." It deals with fifteen......

Memories Of William Hole, R.s.a. By His Wife. (chambers. 6s.

net.)—This unpretentious memoir of a hard-working and popular artist will interest many people. William 'Hole was an Englishman by birth and a member of a well-known West......