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This Speaking Garden

A Modern Herbal. By Mrs. M. Grieve, F.R.H.S. Edited by Mrs. C. F. Leyell. 2 vols. (Cape. 42s.) Iv 1629, John Parkinson, dedicating his Paradisi In Sole Paradisus Terresiris to "......

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South Africa. By Jan. H. Hofmeyr. (Ernest Benn. 15s.) THERE is no one more competent than Mr. Hofmeyr to write the history of South Africa. He has academic, administrative and......