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• Annals Of Lord's And History Of The M.c.c. By

Alfred D. Taylor. (J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol.)—The first cricket match played at "Lord's" (the first ground of that name) took place on May 31st, 1787. Cricket had before had......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Officer's Field Note Book and Sketch. Book and Reconnaissance Aide......

Catiban's Guide To Letters. By Hilaire Bello°. (duckworth...

2s. net.)—The paper on "The Short Lyric" is, we think, the best in the volume. The minor poet is the most uninteresting person in the world—at least in print—and we are greatly......

Naw Eprnorre. — The Works Of John Ruskin. Edited By E. T.

Cook and A. Wedderburn. (G. Allen. 21s. net each vol.)—The second volume of this library edition contains Ruskin's poems, and is enriched with many reproductions of those......

Memories Of A Sister Of St. Saviour's Priory. (a. B.

Mowbray and Co. 35. 6d. net.)—This volume consists, for the most part, of reprints from a local magazine. It comes commended by the vicar of St. Alban's, Holborn. It begins with......

A Metamorphosis. By Richard Marsh. (methuen And Co....

difficult to conceive any possible adventure which the hero of this story does not go through in the course of its three hundred and ninety pages. The said hero, George Otway,......