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Two Books Which Seek, In Different Ways, A Devotional Object

are Health and Holiness, by Francis Thompson (J. Masters and Co.), and How to Pray : a Little Book for Boys, by the Rev. Spencer J. GM (Mowbray and Co., 6d. )—With these may be......

A Short History Of Venice. By W. R. Thayer. (macmillan

and Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—This is a book of considerable value, telling the story of Venice succinctly and lucidly. Mr. Thayer has not, it is true, wholly escaped the lues......