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Talking.*

" CONVERSATION is not a verbal nor vocal contest," says Mr. Kleiser in a happy definition, " but a mutual meeting of minds. It is not a monologue, but a reciprocal exchange of......

Proportional Representation And British Maks. By J....

Murray. 2s. net.)—Now that the Speaker's Com- mittee has recommended the partial adoption of Proportional Repre- sentation in its scheme for a redistribution of Parliamentary......

Fiction.

GRAPES OF WRATH.t AN eminent publicist and playwright, who enjoys the privilege of being described by the German Press as the one righteous man in England, has recently recorded......

Readable Novels. —thin Way Out. By Mrs. Henry Dudeney....

Co. 6s.)—A minute study of an almost incredibly wicked and unattractive man. The workmanship of the book is as usual most aecomplished. — Magple. By Baroness von Button.......

The Gospel Of Consolation.*

Tiers is undoubtedly one of the best volumes of sermons we have read for many a day, and we regret to observe that it is posthumous. A memoir of the author, Canon Danks, is......

Supplementary Magic. By Elbiquet. (routledge. 2s. 6d....

of conjuring is well written and fully illustrated. The most interesting chapters are devoted to the Indian conjurer, a hose success is ascribed partly to his skill in......

The Progress Of Capitalism In England. By W. Cunningham....

bridge University Press. 3s. net.)—Besides an instructive summary of our economic development, this little book contains an earnest plea for the study of economic history. The......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column does. not necessarilil preclude subsequent review.] Seren rears at the Prus&ian Court. By Edith Keen. (Eveleigh Nash. 10s. 6d. net.)—Miss Keen was, for......

Benighted Mexico. By Randolph Wellford Smith. (john Lane....

American book is a passionate attack on Mr. Wilson's Mexican policy. Mr. Smith is convinced that Carranza would have collapsed last summer had not Germany come to his rescue,......