The South African Year-book, 1914. By W. H. Hosking. (g.
Routledge and Sons. 10s. net.)—South Africa has hitherto had no year-book devoted to it, and Mr. Reeking tells no that, as a working journalist, he has often felt the need of......
A History Of The National Capital. Vol. L By W.
B. Bryan. (Macmillan and Co. 21s. net.)—After the American Revolution had been carried to a successful issue by the genius of Washington, sectional jealousies made it impossible......
Caravan Days. By Bertram Smith. (j. Nisbet And Co. 58.
net.)—It is sixteen years since Mr. Smith's first caravan was built and taken for a tour in Delamere Forest. He tells us that he had previously had much experience of "......
Chronicles Of Three Free Cities. By Wilson King. (j. M.
Dent and Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. King, who was formerly American Consul at Bremen, has found an interesting theme in the history of the three great Hamm towns, Hamburg, Bremen,......
The Personality Of American Cities. By Edward Hunger-...
Richards. 7s. 6d. net.)—It is easier to admit than to define the personality of a city. We all know that the spiritual air which greets us in London and Paris, New York and......
Friends Bound The Wrelrin. By Lady Catherine Milne'...
Elder, and Co. 9s. net.)—The author of this pleasant old-world book takes us •straight into her enviable garden, and introduces us to many well-marked characters, such as the......
New Editions. — The Statesman's Year Book, 1914. Edited...
Keltie and M. Epstein. (Macmillan and Co. 102. 6d. net.)—The current edition of this indispensable work of reference gives an account of the new arrangements in the Balkans,......
The Pocket Asquith. Compiled By E. E. Morton. (mills And
Boon. ls. net.)—This little volume of brief selections from Mr. Asquith's public utterances should be useful to the student of contemporary politics. It is a curious commentary......
Columbia. By F. P. Keppel. (humphrey Milford. 6s. 6d....
the eight hundred degree-granting institu- tions of the United States—" in some sections universities are no rarer than colonels "—a justly high place is held by Columbia......
The Spirit Of Japanese Poetry. By Yone Nogucbi. (john...
2s. net.)—The well-known Japanese poet, who here undertakes to interpret the spirit of his national Muse, thinks that English poetry has something to learn from Japan, where an......
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