The Pan-angles. By Sinclair Kennedy. (longman And Co. 7s....
net.)—At the present moment we can find only an academic interest in this able American plea for a federation of the United States and the British Empire. We are reminded how......
A Book Of Verse For Children, Compiled By Alys Rodgers
(Cambridge University Press, 2s. 6d. net), is very well chosen, and would make an entirely desirable present for children of all ages from seven to seventy.......
One Of The Most Difficult Tasks For The Student Of
aesthetics is to explain the causes of the pleasure which we take in certain aspects of art and nature. Mr. E. F. Carritt has made a very creditable attempt to tackle this......
Stellar Movements And The Structure Of The Universe. By A.
S. Eddington. (Macmillan and Co. 6s. net.)—Professor Eddington's learned monograph deals with times and spaces so vast that the mind reels before them—but they are a wholesome......
Professor J. Shield Nicholson, Though Beat Known As An...
of "the dismal science," is also an enthusiastic admirer of the laureate of chivalry. In his essay on The Life and Genius of Ariosto (Macmillan and Co., 3s. net) he gives a......
Dr. E. A. Wallis Budge Requires No Commendation As A
writer on Egyptological subjects, and we can only call attention to the appearance of two trustworthy handbooks for beginners from his unwearied pen—A Short History of the......
Those Who Have Convalescents From The War To Tend Will
be grateful for a sensible volume on Sick Room Cookery Simplified, by Mabel Baker (G. Bell and Sons, ls. 6d. net).......
The Special Constable (c. Arthur Pearson, Is. Net) Gives...
sound advice to those who have undertaken the bumble, but useful, duty of supplementing the work of the police.......
British Birds, Their Nests And Eggs, And How To Name
Them. By Walter M. Gallichan. (Holden and Hardingham. 7d. net.)—How many of our town-bred readers can name all, or even a decent percentage, of the birds which they see in a......
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