The Zinc Industry. By Ernest A. Smith. (longrnans And Co.
10s. I3d. net.)—This well-written and interesting book contains a full account of the production, marketing, smelting, and industrial applications of zinc, or opener, as it is......
Among The "war Papers" Issued By The University Of Chicago,
Professor Conyers Bead's paper on England and America is of special interest as a sympathetic attempt to explain our institutions to the Middle West. He says that of all......
Registration Of Voters. By J. Renwick Seeger. (p. S. King.
5s. net.)—This is a compact and useful handbook to registration under the new Reform Act, the provisions of which are not alto- gether free from obscurity, especially in regard......
Readable Novels.—the Master Of Merlains. By David White-...
Lock, and Co. 5s. )—A novel dealing with the dis- appearance of a pearl necklace which once belonged to Mme. du Barry. The best thing in the book is the character study of......
Some Books Of The Week.
Welke in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The National Review for August contains a highly interesting "Retrospect and Reminiscence" by Mr. Masse,......
Captain Willy Breton Describes Very Clearly In A New...
The Belgian Front and its Notable Features (Chatto and Windt's, 6d. net), with illustrations and a map. The Belgian front is not more than twenty miles wide, but it is by far......
The True Story Of Alsare-lorraine. By E. A. Vizetelly....
and Windus. 10s. 6d. net.)—This is a very readable book, describing Alsace-Lorraine and relating the history of the Provinces in con- siderable detail. No fair-minded reader......
Figkeries Of The North Sea. By Neal Green. (methuen And
Co. 4s. 6d. net.)--Mr. Green in this interesting little book emphasizes the value of the North Sea fisheries and the importance of our fish- ing-fleet, and urges that the trade......
An Important Lecture On "the Achievements Of France In...
by Mr. MacLeod, the British Consul at Fez, is printed in the Geographical Journal for August. The French have done a wonderful work in the past six years in establishing order......
The Deeded Work Of The Guardians. By W. G. Lewis.
(Published by the Author at 100 South Hill Park, Hampstead. 2s. 6d.)— Mr. Lewis, who is the Secretary of the Central Committee of Poor Law Conferences, has written this......
Dr. Russell, The Director Of The Rothamsted Experimental...
Harpenden, has issued an interesting Report for 1915-17 (Har- penden : D. J. Jeffery) on the agricultural research work which the war has made far more important than ever. The......
Fiction.
SOME HAPPENINGS-t MR. VACITE1.L'13 " happenings " range from burlesque to tragedy ; the scene shifts from California, Oregon, and Honolulu to London and Brittany ; we are......
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