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The Words Of St. Francis. Selected And Translated By Anne

Macdonell. (J. M. Dent and Co. is. net.)—Frionds of St. Francis have left records of what in other men might be called "Table-Talk." Others of his sayings have come down to us......

Sons O' 'men. By G. B. Lancaster. (a. Melrose. 6s.)—mr.

G. B. Lancaster, whose name we confess is quite unknown to us, gives us in Sons o' Men an interesting collection of short stories about the distant parts of the Empire. New......

New Forces In Old China. By Arthur J. Brown. (fleming

H. Revell Company. 6s. net.)—Mr. Brown begins his book by putting in a striking way some more or less familiar facts about the magnitude of China. He sets forth, for instance, a......

The Expositor.

The Esposito?. Sixth Series. Vol. X. Edited by the Rev. W. Robertson Nicoll. (Hodder and Stoughton. Is. 6d.)—We hope to have an opportunity of noticing elsewhere the series of......

A Plea For The Historical Teaching Of History. By C.

H. Firth, M.A. (The Clarendon Press. is. net.)—Professor Firth's Intro- ductory Lecture, here published, was a very plain-spoken expres- sion of opinion, and, as it is always......

Comes Only Just Within The Limits Of The Parcel Post

! It reminds one of the drawing-room-table books of half-a-century ago. As an ornament it is highly commendable both within and without. It is not, indeed, an artistic volume;......