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Charles Stewart Parnell

Parnell. By St. John Ervine. (Berm. 12s. 6d.) THE series to which Mr. Ervine contributes his biography of Parnell is called Curiosities of Politics, and if Parnell was to be......

A Street Corner Conversation In 1636

Coach and Sedan. (Haslewood Press. is. 6d.) THE small talk of 1636 revolved round the question of street traffic. The coaches made so much noise—you could always break the ice......

Cannibals And Sandalwood

The Journal of William Lockerby. Edited by Sir Everard Ira Thurn and Leonard Wharton. (The Hakluyt Society. 31s. 6d.) CIVILIZATION has seldom had missionaries less fitted to......