The Mothers : A Study Of The Origins Of Sentiments
AND INSTITUTIONS. By Robert Briffault. (G. Allen and Unwin. 3 vols., 75s.)—If we can only draw attention to Mr. Bri ff ault's tr uly monumental work, filling over two thousand......
The Conduct Of Medical Practice. By The Editor Of The
Lancet and Expert Collaborators. (The Lancet. 10s. 6d.)—Laymen as well as members of the medical pro- fession will find Sir Squire Sprigge's symposium interesting and edifying.......
Philips' Historical Atlas. By Ramsay Muir And George...
the Collaboration of Robert McElroy. (G. Philip and Son. 15s.)—Good historical maps are essential to the understanding of history, but they have not been easy to obtain in......
The Quarterlies
UNDER the title " The Educational Problem and its Solu- tion," Mr. Livingstone, writing in the current number of the Edinburgh Review, pleads the cause of adult education and......
Current Literature
THE SEVEN AGES OF VENICE. By C. Marshall Smith. Illustrated. (Blackie, 10s. 6d.)—The author of this book would probably not claim for it the attention of the serious historical......
'a Novelist's Tour Of The World. By Vicente Blasco Ibanez.
Illustrated. (Butterworth, 218.) — " Gordon came back to Egypt and began his campaign with one of those romantic gestures which only he could think of. Instead of asking for an......
Select British Documents Of The Canadian War Of 1812. Vol.
III. Part I. Edited by Colonel William Wood. (Toronto : The Champlain Society.)—As we turn over the pages of this series of documents, which reveal British blundering, Indian......
Narratives Of Some Passages In The Great War With France
(1799-1814)). By Sir Henry Bunbury. (Peter Davies. 10s. 6d.)—Sir John Fortescue, in an intro- duction to this reprint of a neglected book, calls it " on the whole the best......