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Ten Years' Adventures Among Landlords And Tenants: The...

THE RENT ACTS. By Dan Rider. (Methuen. 7s. 6d.)—The policy of rent restriction is, in principle, extremely dubious. When the State begins to interfere with contracts and to try......

The House Of Fulfilment. By L. Adams Beck. (t. Fisher

Unwin. 7s. 6d.)—There is a creative energy of the strong ; there is a fatal fluency of the weak. Without applying the second statement to Mrs. L. Adams Beck, it may surely be......

Hartley Through The Ages , : The Story_ Of A Kentish...

By the Rev. Gerard W. IlaiiCki; (Published by the Author, Hartley Rectory, Longfield, Kent. 45. 6d.)—It would be a capital thing if every parish had its history written as in......

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NEW YORK IS NOT AMERICA. By Ford Madox Ford. (Duckworth. 8s. 6d.)—Then what is New York if it is not America ? The most delightful place after Provence, according to Mr. Ford,......

Coming The Rose. By Eric Shepherd. (constable. 6s....

and sentimental little book recalls the portrait of Queen Elizabeth which she insisted on having Painted without shadows. The three characters of the story are as virtuous and......

- Fidgets. By George A. Birmingharti. • (hodder And...

70. ed . . net.)---George Birmingham is one of those fortunate writers who are always welcome, and welcome to all kinds of readers. Indeed, mere human gratitude for the......

. The Nation's Schools. By H. Bompas Smith. (longmans,...

664—Mr. Smith, who has been a head-master of Secondary Schools and is now Professor of Education at Manchester University with the very modern letters " M.Ed." after his name,......

The Chapel Of Saint Mary Magdalene At Stltrbridge,...

Chester R. Jones. (Cambridge University Press. as. 6d.)—The little Norman chapel described in this scholarly booklet stands lonely in a field beside the Newmarket road outside......

Decorative Motives Of Oriental Art. By Katherine M. Ball....

Lane. 52s. 6d.)—The authoress of this fascinating book supervises the art teaching in the San Francisco schools and has gained much help in her study of Oriental art from the......