Historical Catalogue Of Brown University, 1764-1914....
: published by the University.)—Brown University was founded in 1764: its charter states that "Whereas Institutions for liberal Education are highly beneficial to Society by......
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CLEAR THINKING. Clear Thinking ; or, An Englishman's Creed. By L. Cecil Smith. (Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. 38. 6d. net.)—The first title of Mr. Cecil Smith's book su gg ests a......
The Travels Of Peter Mundy. Vol. Ii. Edited By Sir
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A Natural History Of Bournemouth And District. Edited By Sir
Daniel Morris. (Bournemouth Natural Science Society.) —This book is an interesting example of what may be done for the study of a district by a band of enthusiastic amateurs. It......
My Spanish Year. By Mrs. Bernhard Whishaw. (mills And Boon.
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and beginners in botany, as well as to "that increasing body of the public which sees in Nature a something to love."......
Gardening Rooks.
Gardens in the Making. By Walter H. Godfrey. (B. T. Batsford. 5s. net.)—Mr. Godfrey is an architect, and his preferences are for regularity, straight lines, courts, hedges,......
The Story Of Waterford. By Edmund Downey. (waterford...
is already known as an agreeable painter of the lighter aspects of Irish life. In this volume he under- takes a more serious task—the history of big native city down to 1750.......
The Cradle Of Mankind. By The Rev. W. A. Wigram
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A Pilgrimage In Surrey. By J. S. Ogilvy. 2 Vols.
(George Routledge and Sons. 50e. net.)—Mr. Ogilvy has wandered on foot over many crooked miles, and has found some attractive subjects for his series of ninety-four water-......
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