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History For Ready Reference And Topical Reading. By J N.

Lamed. 6 vols. (W. Heinemann. 126s.)—This is a "new and revised edition" of what may be described as a cyclopaedic dictionary of history. It is arranged in alphabetical order.......

Personal Forces In Literature.

"are not intended as contributions to critical literature they are concerned rather with the 'personal equation' of the writers discussed than with the purely literary aspects......

Trinity College, Cambridge. By W. W. Rouse Ball. (j. M.

Dent and Co. Is. 6d. net.)—This is one of a proposed series of "College Monographs," and seems exactly suited to its purpose. It is a little book which can be conveniently......