The Romance Of The Shoe. By Tle)mas Wright. (farncombe And
Sons. 12s. 6d. net.) The main value of this anecdotal book lies in the repro- ductions of curious woodcuts and drawings. For the rest, it is formless but diverting. A history of......
Other Books.
( Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) Professor Brander Matthews has given us a good many volumes of essays, in which he has proved himself a......
Dr. Greaves, Who Is Professor Of Agricultural...
Agricultural College, has been guided in writing this useful work by the needs of his students. We cannot here discuss its technical merits, but so far as we have tested it we......
The World's Work.
This vigorous monthly has reduced its price to a shilling with the New Year, and has induced Mr. J. A. Spender to write regularly on " The March of Events." Mr. Spender's first......
Science Progress. Edited By Sir Ronald Ross. (murray. 6s....
This valuable quarterly is becoming more and more in- dispensable, both to scientific workers and to laymen who are anxious to keep in touch with the rapid development of the......
The Empire Review. (macmillan. Is. Net.) This...
been enlarged to its former size with the New Year and promises to give once again a comprehensive account of Imperial problems. The January number is distinctly interesting.......
The London Mercury.
Mr. Shanks writes at length, and appreciatively, on Mr. Rudyard Kipling, whose work he finds increasingly satis- fying." Prince D. S. Mirsky explains why he regards Emily Bront8......
Religion And The Future Life. (george Allen And Unwin. 12s.
(id.) These are twelve Lectures given at Yale by well-known American specialists in the development of the belief, not so much in immortality, as in the future life. The most......
The Dickensian. (cecil Palmer. Ls. Net.) The Continued...
the magazine, which Mr. B. W. Matz edits with skill and enthusiasm for the Dickens Fellow- ship, is in itself a proof of the abiding popularity of Charles Dickens. There is no......
The Slavonic Review No. 2. (eyre And Spottis- Woode. 5s.
net.) The vigorous School of Slavonic Studies at King's College displays its learning and enthusiasm in this excellent quar- terly. The second number contains some important......
The Nineteenth Century.
" For the avoidance of Revolution " Major Hammond Foot advocates the rapid extension of small holdings while Mr. H. W. Household commends, as " The Right Education for the......
The Economics Of Unemployment. By J. A. Hobson. (g. Allen
and Unwin. 4s. 6d. net.) Mr. Hobson, as usual, states a heterodox proposition with considerable ability. There is, he thinks, too much saving on the part of the well-to-do. From......
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