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Romance In The British Empire.

Pioneers in Australasia. By Sir Harry Johnston. (Blackie and Sons. 6s.)—Sir Harry Johnston is continuing his series which deals with the pioneer work of the Empire. In this......

Science For Roys.

Mr. Cyril Hall has written a comprehensive and very attractive book under the title of Wood and What We Make of It (Mackie and Son. 3s. (3d.). The final chapters are not much......

Animal Gift-books.

White-Ear and Peter. By Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. (Macmillan and Co. 6s. net.)—An imaginative chronicle of the lives of a fox and a fox-terrier, which ends with......

Oxford.*

OxFonn has lacked any work to correspond with Willis and Clark's Architectural History of Cambridge which Mr. Valiance Las had in his mind in producing this splendid volume. The......

Some More Children's Books.* A Child's Book Of Warriors Is

a good example of that school, of which Mr. Kipling is the master, whose writers make history a pleasure to their readers. Beginning with Alexander at "The Rock of Narsinga," we......

Tions Of Different Parts Of Their Bodies-eyes, Ears,...

tails. In each case he gives the scientific reason for this or that property or capability, as, for instance, the power of directing hearing in the elephant's huge ears, the......

Three Picture-books.

A Book of Beggars. By W. Dacres Adams. (W. Heinemann. 5s. net.)—Mr. Adams has drawn some capital black-and-white dogs engaged in barking at his full-page coloured illustrations......