An Autobiography And Something More.* The Second Volume...
Henry James's autobiography will seem to some readers less interesting than the first. It is • Note, of a Son and a Brother, By Henry Janice. London: Macmillan sad [Ia. net.]......
The Quest And Occupation Of Tahiti, 1772.1776. By B. G.
Corney. Vol. I. (Hakluyt Society.)—This volume of the Hakluyt Society's valuable publications is based on the records of the naval expedition despatched by Carlos III. of Spain......
Greece Of The Hellenes. By Lucy M. J. Garnett. (sir
Isaac Pitman and Sons. Os. net.)—Miss Garnett gives a readable account of the modern Greeks, their governmental system and social habits. It is interesting to note, in her......
Chile : Its Land And People. By F. J. G.
Maitland. (F. Griffiths. 10s. 6d. net.)—After giving a brief historical introduction, Mr. Maitland describes the natural features, the population and industries of Chile. His......
In The Popular Edition Of Woman And Labour, By Olive
Schreiner (T. Fisher Unwin, 2s. net), we note the author's opinion that in future wars women may play a leading part as managers of the commissariat department and inspectors of......
The Orient Express. By Arthur Moore. (constable And Co. 7s.
6d. net.)—Mr. Moore boarded that wonderful train, the Orient express, as a Times correspondent on his way to Turkey and Persia. When he returned he brought with him some......
The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary Of The English...
C. Fernald. (Funk and Wagnalls. Ae. net.) —This dictionary, abridged for popular use from the New Standard Dictionary of the same publishers, has many good features. The best of......
Current Literature.
Indian Finance and Currency. By M. de P. Webb. (P. S. King and Son. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Webb, who is the Chairman of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce, in 1911 entered upon a campaign......
A. Courageous Gentleman Who Is Content To He Known As
" W. E. C." has taken up Dickens's pen and completed The Mystery of Edwin Drood (J. M. Ouseley and Son, 2s. net). We note that Jasper was the murderer and came to a fitting end;......
The Future Of Work. By L. G. Chiozza Money. (t.
Fisher Unwin. 6s. net.)—Mr. Money's new volume of essays deals with various phases of the industrial problem. Some of his remarks are a little surprising, as when be infers an......
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