Chats On Old Jewellery And Trinkets. By Maciver Percival....
Unwin. 5s. not.)—We can recommend this book to people who wish to identify their old ornaments and also to those who want advice as to what to choose and what to reject in a......
Cocoa : Its Cultivation And Preparation. By W. H. Johnson,
F.L.S. (John Murray. 5s. not.)—One of the Imperial Institute handbooks. It is illustrated, and contains succinct directions for the various processes of cocoa-growing and......
The Flight Of Birds. By F. W. Headley. (witherby And
Co. 5s. net.)—The title explains. Mr. Headley is a student and an original observer, and has some attractive chapters on the machinery of flight, wing formation, and so on. On......
A Class - Book Of Physical Geography. By A. T. Simmons,...
and Ernest Stenhouse, B.Sc. (Macmillan and Co- 4e. 6d.)—A. valuable feature of this book is the series of exercises drawn up from questions which have actually been sot in......
The Navy Anti Its Story. By Arnold White. (macdonald And
Evans. 2s. Od.)—A useful little handbook intended primarily for use as a school reader. Mr. White gives a concise epitome of the history of the Navy, explains the meaning of sea......
Catalogue Of The Acropolis Museum. By Guy Dickins, M.a.,...
i. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d. net.)—This work, which is to be completed in another volume, was undertaken at the request of the Greek authorities, and it has been......
War Pictures Front Clarendon. Edited And Arranged By R. J.
Mackenzie, M.A. (Clarendon Press. 2e. 6d. net.)—Mr. Mackenzie has done well to select these extracte, which make a connected series of incidents of the Civil War. Clarendon as a......
Star Lore Of All Ages. By William Tyler Olcott. (g.
P. Putna.m's Sons. 10s. Od. net.)—The author's aim has been to collect round the different constellations the folk-lore and legends associated with them, from the myths of......
The Charterhousc Of London. By William F. Taylor. (j. M.
Dent and Sons. 7s. Oil. not.)—Mr. Taylor's is a careful study, worthy of his subject. This is a detailed history of the Charter- house, from the day when a Carthusian monastery......
Entail - Holders' Gam/book. Edited By W. M. Elk Ington....
Bs. 6d. not.)—The object of this book is described by the sub-title. It is a ' guide to the management of small farms and allotments "—the limit, it will be remembered, is £50......
Hour To Write For The Papers. By Albert E. Bull.
(C. Arthur Pearson. 2s. 6d. net.)—This seems likely to be a useful "guide for the young author," the word "papers" being understood as covering literary work in general, even......
By The Way: Verses, Fragments, And Notes. By William...
(Arranged by Helen Allinghain.) (Longinans and Co. 5s. not.)—Mrs. Allingham has collected into a pleasantly light and dainty volume a number of fragments which she discovered......
Seadiee In Seeds And Fruit. By H. B. Guppy, M.b.,
F.R.S.E. (Williams and Norgate. 15s. net.)—Mr. Guppy has made an exceedingly painetaking study in detail of an intricate subject. He writes of experiments he has made in tho......
Oxford Gardens. By R. T. Gunther, M.a. (parker. Os. Net.)—
This is partly a re-issue of Dr. Da,ubeny's descriptive guide to the Oxford Botanic Gardens, first published sixty years ago, and partly an account of the different College......
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