Romance End Legend Of Chivalry. By A. R. Hope Moncrieff.
(Gresham Publishing Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—The opening portion, about one-third, of this book gives us a sketch of the history of romance as it grew in prose and verse until it gave......
The Boy's Own. Book Of Pets And Hobbies. (r. T.
S. 4s. 6d net.) —Children's pets as well as their owners should be the happier if the first part of this stout volume is well studied, for it gives useful hints as to how many......
Carriages And Coaches.. By Ralph Straus. (martin Seeker....
a hansom cab has found a place in a London museum it is time for comprehensive literature to grow up around horse-drawn vehicles. Mr. Straus begins with the solid, rounded trunk......
The Book Of The Fire Brigade. By A. L. Hayden.
(The Pilgrim Press. 3s. 6d.)—The London Fire Brigade, the older Metropolitan Fire Brigade under its latest name, is naturally the chief of all brigades, and fills the principal......
Motor Cars And Their Story. By F. A. Talbot. (cassell
and Co. 21s, net.)—The title of this stout volume and the frontis- piece give the impression that it is a gift-book for boys. As a matter of fact it is a comprehensive "popular"......
A Book Of Discovery. By M. B. Synge. (t. C.
and E. C. Jack. 7s. 6d. net.)—What might be called a history of the world from one point of view is set out here in simple language. The early ideas of the geography of the......
A History Ef Prance. By H. E. Marshall (henry Frowde
and Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—Miss Marshall gives pic- turesque incidents which will catch the attention of a child, but she also has an historical sense. She binds......
Chatterbox, 1912. (wells Gardner, Dorton And Co. 3s. ; Cloth
5s.)—This venerable children's magazine keeps up its old traditions without lagging behind the times in such matters as coloured illustrations. There is a serial schoolboy story......
Sir Gawein And The Green Knight. (c. H. Kelly. 3s.
6d. net.) —The Rev. E. J. B. Kirtlan has taken this Arthurian legend from the Cotton MS. of 1360 in the British Museum, and has transcribed it in dignified modern English with a......
Earliest Days, I.e., The Legendary Coming Of Aeneas,...
time of Augustus. It is intended to be a first introduction to Roman history, and is composed of incidents picked out for their picturesque effect. The result is that an undue......
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