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Macleod Of Dare.*

Tim- Mr. Black is a master of his art is a fact that has been re- cognised long ago by the novel-reading public. Even if there be a certain amount of sameness about them, his......

Alpine Ascents And Adventures.*

THE taste for the climbing of mountains is one which it is especially vain to dispute, for it is absolutely incommuni- cable, and more incomprehensible to those who do not......