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The Life - Bistory Of British Serpents. By Gerald R....

(Blackwood and Sons. 59. net.)—Dr. Leighton gives us here what may fairly be called an exhaustive account of the British serpents. There are, it is commonly stated, three......

Familiar Butterflies And Moths. By W. F. Kirby. (cassell And

Co. es.)—This book is subsidiary to the author's larger work on " European Butterflies." about to appear, we are glad to hear, in a new edition. It is divided into three parts,......

An Unrequited .royalist. By Marie Hay. (j. K. Bumpus. Ss

6d. net.)—The "unrequited Royalist" is the person commonly known as the Marquis of Worcester (d. 1667). He is known as an inventive genius, and is numbered among the pioneers of......

In The "bijou Biographies" (ii. Drane) We Have His Most

Gracious Majesty King Edward VII. (Is. a double volume), by H. Whites. Books of this kind are not subjects of criticism. We are content with a simple mention of this volume and......

The Military Maxims Of Napoleon.. Translated From The French

furnishes an introduction in which he applies the " maxims " Head Office; BARTHOLOMEW LA_NE, LONDON, E.C. to certain operations in the South African War. This is a kind of......