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Some Books Of The Week.

[17nder this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. XIVIII. (IV. of Supplement). (A. and C.......

The Branded Prince. By Weatherby Chesney. (methuen And...

second chapter of this book is headed "The Dissecting-Room at Barney's," so the intelligent reader will at once perceive that this novel also is of the thrilling order. We......

Britain For The British. By Robert Blatchford. (clarion...

this is not a wholly appropriate title for a manifesto of Socialism. Socialism must be cosmopolitan, not national. "Britain for the British" has a patriotic ring, and patriotism......

C Urrent Literature.

THE UNSPEAKABLE SCOT. The Unspeakable Scot. By T. W. H. Crosland. (Grant Richards. 5s.)—Mr. Crosland has not the temper of Charles Lamb or William Hazlitt, and in this book,......

Reminiscences Of A Dramatic Critic. By Henry Austin...

and Bird. 7s. 6d. net.)—Not a few of the plays and players criticised in this volume are unknown to us ; but Mr. Clapp has the art of saying what attracts and enlightens even......

With The Arabs In Tent And Town.

With the Arabs in Tent and Town. By Archibald Forder. (Marshall Brothers.)—Mr. Forder is quite right in pleading that the work of a pioneer in missionary enterprise must not be......