Plutarch's Moralia. Translated By F. C. Babbit. Loeb...
(Heinemann. 10s.)—Plutarch, especially when, as in this little volume, he is most readably translated, is one of the best of bedside companions. In the Moralia he rambles......
The Cathedrals Of France. By T. Francis Bumpus. (werner...
31s. 6d.)—This is the reissue in one volume, revised and edited by Mrs. E. M. Lang, of the late Mr. Burnous's original two-volume edition. This issue has eight illustrations in......
Benjamin Franklin : The First Civilized American. By...
(Ernest Benn. 25s.)— Benjamin Franklin was a great man in whom both America and England may take pride, and there was plenty of room for a new biography of him. Mr. Russell has......
Recollections Of Sixty Years. By Allan Fea. (richards....
scrappy memoirs of what the author calls a " reminiscenta/ recorder , ' contain a quantity of kindly gossip about mid-Victorian London during the era of the ' knife-board '......
Insurance
THE NATURE OF LIFE ASSURANCE. FROM one point of view I sometimes regret that people know what little they do know, about the nature of life assurance, and the advantages it......
The Indecisiveness Of Modern War. By J. Holland Wise. (g.
Bell and Sons. 10s. 6d.)—Professor Holland Rose opens his new volume of historical essays with two challenging papers on the indecisiveness of modern war, whether by sea or by......
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