Some Nigerian Fertility Cults. By P. Amaury Talbot....
Press. 12s. 6d.)—Mr. Talbot, whose great work on The Peoples of Southern Nigeria has won him distinction among ethnologists, describes in this monograph a special aspect of the......
Malaya : An Account Of Its People, Flora, And Fauna.
By Major C. M. Enriquez. (Hurit and BLackett. 21s.)—This is a succinct and most competent geo- graphical; botanical, zoological, and ethnical survey of the Malay Peninsula and......
Menageries, Circuses And Theatres. By E. H. Bostock,...
(Chapman and Hall. 18s.)—Is Mr. Rostock " the Barnum of Britain ? " The Member for Paisley says so in his foreword. Mr. Bostock says so in his book. Yet there remains this......
The House Of Lords In The Eighteenth Century. By A.
S. Turberville. (Clarendon Press. 2154— The political history of England from the Revolution of 1688 to the ministry of the younger Pitt cannot be thoroughly understood without......
A Chinaman's Opinion Of Us And Of His Own Country.
Written by Hwuy-ung. Translated by J. A. Makepeace. (Chatto and Windus, 7s. 6d.)—To see ourselves as others see us is always interesting. This book_ contains the letters written......
Home: A New Zealander's Adventure. By Alan Mulgan....
6d.)—Mr. Mulgan, a New Zealander of Irish stock, spent the summer of 1926 in England. He possesses' every qualification to write the impressions of his visit ; a justly critical......
General Knowledge Questions
Tim general opinion of our readers appears to_ favour a con- tinuance of these questions, which provide amusement with instruction. We hope, however, to announce another com-......
Letters And Memoirs Of The, Prince De Ligne. 'translated...
an Introduction - 1* Leigh Ashton. (Rmitledge. 10s. 6d.)—The Prince de Ligne, who was born in 1785 and died in 1815, was a typical grand seigneur in his courage and wit no less......
The Devil On Two Sticks. By Rene Le Sage. With
an Introduction by Arthur Symons. Illustrated by Philip Hagreen. (Privately printed for the Navarre nociety. 17s. 6d.)—Le Diable Boiteuve, if less famous than Gil Bias, has been......
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