Portraits And Speculations. By Arthur Ransome. (macmillan...
6d. net.)—Seven of the nine papers collected here are pieces of literary criticism dealing, among others, with Daudet, Nietzsche, and Pater. Mr. Ransome has the great merit of a......
The Making Of Modern England. : By Gilbert Slater, Ma.,...
(Constable and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Slater is the Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford. His history begins at the . battle of Waterloo, and is written from the social and......
Books Of Reference.— Thorn's Official Directory,1913....
in Ireland this is an almost indispensable reference-book. In addition to a directory of Dublin City and County and special information upon Irish affairs, it contains a full......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such 'Books of the weak as hare not been reserved for review in other forms.] From Studio to Stage : Reminiscences of Weedon Grossmith Written by......
The Genesis Of Parliamentary Reform. By George Stead...
an Introduction by Ramsay Muir. (Constable and Co. 10s. 6d_ net.)—The subject of Parliamentary Reform is very much to the fore at the present moment, and Mr. Veitch's study of......
Ancient Egyptian Legends. By M. A. Murray. (john Murray. 2s.
net.)—English readers are unfamiliar with the legends of Egypt, with the exception perhaps of the story of Osiris and Isis. In the new volume of the " Wisdom of the East" series......