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Watteau. By Claude Phillips. (The Portfolio for June.) (Seeley and Co.)—Everybody knows the charm of Watteau, but it is not every one who could point out for us what the......
A Modern Day-book.*
THERE is humour and pathos and a great love of Nature bound up in this sober brown-paper-covered book. We con- clude that Mrs. Fuller Maitland, with her love of old words and......
A History Of England. By Charles Oman. (edward Arnold.)— Mr.
Oman progresses fast in his mighty task. In the fullness of time he has been born to rewrite our text-books for us, and so he is conquering kingdom after kingdom, forgetting,......
The Naval Annual. Edited By T. A. Brassey. (griffin And
Co., Portsmouth.)—This year's volume of the Naval Annual cannot compare in interest with some of its predecessors. A few years ago there seemed no end to the competition as to......
Britain And Her Rivals In The Eighteenth Century. By Arthur
D. Ines, M.A. (A. D. Lanes and Co.)—This is a spirited, enthusiastic little book, hill of excellent reading for those who have a general acquaintance with English history, and......
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