National Food Economy Leach:m.—the National Food Economy...
a wide reputation for its useful publi- cations, particularly for its little Handbook for Housewives, and it has now issued a reprint of the pamphlet War-Time Recipes (Offices......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Notice in this columa does sot necessarily preclude sohseptent review.] Bench-Ends in English Churches. By J. Charles Cox. (H. Milford. 7s. 6d. net.)—This now volume in Mr.......
Style And Composition. By E. Classen. (macmillan And Co. 3s.
Orl. net.)—A reprint of lectures originally prepared for students of the Science Faculties of Manchester University. In the first chapter Mr. Classen makes an interesting......
American Architects Are Doing Some Excellent Work, And...
of lectures, delivered at the Chicago Art Institute, shows that they are full of ideas. We like Mr. Hastings's lecture on " Modern Architecture," with its insistence on the......
The New Map Of Africa (1900-16). By H. A. Gibbons.
(New York : The Century Co. 2 dollars net.)—Mr. Gibbons's political history of Africa since 1900 is interesting but highly controversial. Ono of his main ideas is that the aims......
An Easy Poultry Guide. By Edward Brown. (c. Arthur Pearson.
ls. net.)—This little book is a reprint, with some addl. Lions, of Mr. Brown's Synopsis of Poultry Practice which has been put into Braille type for use by blinded men. Mr.......
Fiction.
THE TRANSACTIONS OF LORD LOUIS LEWIS.* Mn. PERTWEES book is a great deal better than its somewhat cumbrous title. It is really very good indeed, for the author has not merely......
Growth And Form. By D'arcy Wentworth Thompson. (cam-...
Press. 21s. net.)—In this very able book Professor Thompson shows biologists that there are physical and mechanical reasons for natural forms, like the shell or the honey-boo's......
Thc Massareen Affair. By R. K. Weekos. (edward Arnold. 13s.)
—An account of an irregular alliance undertaken from original inotivea.—In the Night. By R. Goren Barnes. (Longmans and Co. 4s. 6d.)—A story with a mysterious murder in the......
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