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A Scientific Cortez.*

SIR RONALD Ross's volume contains about a quarter of a million words. Even among memoir writers he is conspicuous for volubility, but not less conspicuous for his power to hold......

Mr. O'brien's Version Of Recent Irish History.*

IN describing by what a sad concatenation of events the Irish revolution came about, Mr. O'Brien writes with such a reasonable and conciliatory air that most readers, we should......