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Armstrong (W. W.). THE ART OF CRICKET. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s. net.
Bain (F. W.)—
A Digit of the Moon: A Hindoo Love Story. The Descent of the Sun: A Cycle of Birth. A Heifer of the Dawn. In the Great God’s Hair. A Draught of the Blue. An Essence of the Dusk. An Incarnation of the Snow. A Mine of Faults. The Ashes of a God. Bubbles of the Foam. A Syrup of the Bees. The Livery of Eve. The Substance of a Dream. All Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net. An Echo of the Spheres. Wide Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
Baker (C. H. Collins). CROME. Illustrated. Quarto. £5, 5s. net.
Balfour (Sir Graham). THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Twentieth Edition. In one volume. Cr. 8vo. Buckram, 7s. 6d. net.
Bateman (H. M.). A BOOK OF DRAWINGS. Fifth Edition. Royal 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
MORE DRAWINGS. Second Edition. Royal 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
ADVENTURES AT GOLF. Demy 4to. 7s. 6d. net.
Belloc (H.)—
Paris, 8s. 6d. net. Hills and the Sea, 6s. net. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects, 6s. net. On Everything, 6s. net. On Something, 6s. net. First and Last, 6s. net. This and That and the Other, 6s. net. On, 6s. net. Marie Antoinette, 18s. net. The Pyrenees, 8s. 6d. net.
Blackmore (S. Powell). LAWN TENNIS UP-TO-DATE. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Butler (Kathleen T.). A HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE. Two Vols. Each Cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
Chandler (Arthur), D.D., late Lord Bishop of Bloemfontein—
Ara Cœli: An Essay in Mystical Theology, 5s. net. Faith and Experience, 5s. net. The Cult of the Passing Moment, 6s. net. The English Church and Reunion, 5s. net. Scala Mundi, 4s. 6d. net.
Chesterton (G. K.)—
The Ballad of the White Horse. All Things Considered. Tremendous Trifles. Alarms and Discursions. A Miscellany of Men. The Uses of Diversity. Fancies versus Fads. All Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net. Wine, Water, and Song. Fcap. 8vo. 1s. 6d. net.
Clutton-Brock (A.). WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN? Fifth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
ESSAYS ON ART. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
ESSAYS ON BOOKS. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net.
MORE ESSAYS ON BOOKS. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net.
SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
SHELLEY: THE MAN AND THE POET. Second Edition, Revised. Fcap. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Conrad (Joseph). THE MIRROR OF THE SEA: Memories and Impressions. Fourth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net.
Dark (Sidney) and Grey (Rowland). W. S. GILBERT: His Life and Letters. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 15s. net.
Drever (James). THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s. net.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INDUSTRY. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
Dutt (W. A.). A GUIDE TO THE NORFOLK BROADS. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 6s. net.
Edwardes (Tickner). THE LORE OF THE HONEY-BEE. Tenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
THE BEE-MASTER OF WARRILOW. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
BEE-KEEPING FOR ALL: A Manual of Honeycraft. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
Einstein (A.). RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND THE GENERAL THEORY. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
SIDELIGHTS ON RELATIVITY. Two Lectures by Albert Einstein. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
THE MEANING OF RELATIVITY. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
Other Books on the Einstein Theory.
SPACE—TIME—MATTER. By Hermann Weyl. Demy 8vo. 18s. net.
THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY. By Albert Einstein, H. A. Lorentz, H. Minkowski, A. Sommerfeld, and H. Weyl. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
RELATIVITY AND THE UNIVERSE. By Harry Schmidt. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
THE IDEAS OF EINSTEIN’S THEORY. By J. H. Thirring. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
RELATIVITY FOR ALL. By Herbert Dingle. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. net.
Evans (Joan). ENGLISH JEWELLERY. Royal 4to. £2 12s. 6d. net.
Fitzgerald (Edward). THE RUBA’IYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. An edition Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan. Wide Cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
Fyleman (Rose). FAIRIES AND CHIMNEYS. Fcap. 8vo. Seventeenth Edition. 3s. 6d. net.
THE FAIRY GREEN. Seventh Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
THE FAIRY FLUTE. Sixth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
THE RAINBOW CAT AND OTHER STORIES. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
A SMALL CRUSE. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.
FORTY GOOD-NIGHT TALES. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
THE ROSE FYLEMAN FAIRY BOOK. Illustrated. Cr. 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
Gibbins (H. de B.). INDUSTRY IN ENGLAND: HISTORICAL OUTLINES. With Maps and Plans. Tenth Edition. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. With 5 Maps and a Plan. Twenty-seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s.
Gibbon (Edward). THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Edited, with Notes, Appendices, and Maps, by J. B. Bury. Seven Volumes. Demy 8vo. Illustrated. Each 12s. 6d. net. Also in Seven Volumes. Unillustrated. Cr. 8vo. Each 7s. 6d. net.
Glover (T. R.)—
The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire, 10s. 6d. net. Poets and Puritans, 10s. 6d. net. From Pericles to Philip, 10s. 6d. net. Virgil, 10s. 6d. net. The Christian Tradition and its Verification (The Angus Lecture for 1912). 6s. net.
Grahame (Kenneth). THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Fourteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Also Illustrated by Nancy Barnhart. Small 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
Hadfield (J. A.). PSYCHOLOGY AND MORALS: An Analysis of Character. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s. net.
Hall (H. R.). THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE NEAR EAST FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS. Illustrated. Fifth Edition, Revised. Demy 8vo. 21s. net.
Holdsworth (W. S.). A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW. Seven Volumes. Demy 8vo. Each 25s. net.
Inge (W. R.). CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM (The Bampton Lectures of 1899). Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Jenks (E.). AN OUTLINE OF ENGLISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1911. Second Edition. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Julian (Lady) of Norwich. REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE. Edited by Grace Warrack. Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
Keats (John). POEMS. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by E. de Selincourt. With a Frontispiece in Photogravure. Fourth Edition. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Kidd (Benjamin). THE SCIENCE OF Power. Ninth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
SOCIAL EVOLUTION. Demy 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.
Kipling (Rudyard). BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS. 233rd Thousand. Cr. 8vo. Buckram, 7s. 6d. net. Also Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 6s. net; leather. 7s. 6d. net.
Also a Service Edition. Two Volumes. Square Fcap. 8vo. Each 3s. net.
THE SEVEN SEAS. 172nd Thousand. Cr. 8vo. Buckram, 7s. 6d. net. Also Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 6s. net; leather, 7s. 6d.
Also a Service Edition. Two Volumes. Square Fcap. 8vo. Each 3s. net.
THE FIVE NATIONS. 138th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. Cloth, 6s. net; leather, 7s. 6d. net.
Also a Service Edition. Two Volumes, Square Fcap. 8vo. Each 3s. net.
DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES. 103rd Thousand. Cr. 8vo. Buckram, 7s. 6d. net. Also Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 6s. net; leather, 7s. 6d. net.
Also a Service Edition. Two Volumes. Square Fcap. 8vo. Each 3s. net.
THE YEARS BETWEEN. 95th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. Buckram, 7s. 6d. net. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 6s. net; leather, 7s. 6d. net.
Also a Service Edition. Two volumes. Square Fcap. 8vo. Each 3s. net.
A KIPLING ANTHOLOGY—VERSE. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 6s. net. Leather, 7s. 6d.
TWENTY POEMS FROM RUDYARD KIPLING. 376th Thousand. Fcap. 8vo. 1s. net.
Lamb (Charles and Mary). THE COMPLETE WORKS. Edited by E. V. Lucas. A New and Revised Edition in Six Volumes. With Frontispieces. Fcap. 8vo. Each 6s. net.
The volumes are:—
i. Miscellaneous Prose, ii. Elia and the Last Essay of Elia. iii. Books for Children. iv. Plays And Poems. v. and vi. Letters.
Lankester (Sir Ray). SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR. Illustrated. Fifteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR. Second Series. Illustrated. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
DIVERSIONS OF A NATURALIST. Illustrated. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
SECRETS OF EARTH AND SEA. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.
GREAT AND SMALL THINGS. Illustrated. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Lescarboura (A. C.). RADIO FOR EVERYBODY. Illustrated. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Lodge (Sir Oliver). MAN AND THE UNIVERSE. Ninth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
THE SURVIVAL OF MAN: A Study in Unrecognized Human Faculty. Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
RAYMOND; or Life and Death. Illustrated. Twelfth Edition. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
RAYMOND REVISED. (Abbreviated edition). Cr. 8vo. 6s. net.
Lorimer (Norma). BY THE WATERS OF EGYPT. Illustrated. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Loring (F. H.). ATOMIC THEORIES. Second Edition. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Lucas (E. V.)—
The Life of Charles Lamb, 2 vols., 21s. net. A Wanderer in Holland, 10s. 6d. net. A Wanderer in London, 10s. 6d. net. London Revisited, 10s. 6d. net. A Wanderer in Paris, 10s. 6d. net. A Wanderer in Florence, 10s. 6d. net. A Wanderer in Venice, 10s. 6d. net. The Open Road: A Little Book for Wayfarers, 6s. 6d. net. Also an edition illustrated by Claude A. Shepperson, 10s. 6d. net. The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane, 6s. net. Fireside and Sunshine, 6s. net. Character and Comedy, 6s. net. The Gentlest Art: A Choice of Letters by Entertaining Hands, 6s. 6d. net. The Second Post, 6s. net. Her Infinite Variety: A Feminine Portrait Gallery, 6s. net. Good Company: A Rally of Men, 6s. net. One Day and Another, 6s. net. Old Lamps for New, 6s. net. Loiterer’s Harvest, 6s. net. Cloud and Silver, 6s. net. A Boswell of Baghdad, and other Essays, 6s. net. ’Twixt Eagle and Dove, 6s. net. The Phantom Journal, and other Essays and Diversions, 6s. net. Giving and Receiving, 6s. net. Luck of the Year, 6s. net. Specially Selected: A Choice of Essays, 7s. 6d. net. Urbanities. Illustrated by G. L. Stampa, 7s. 6d. net. You Know what People Are. 5s. net. The British School: An Anecdotal Guide to the British Painters and Paintings in the National Gallery, 6s. net. Roving East and Roving West: Notes gathered in India, Japan, and America. 5s. net. Edwin Austin Abbey, R.A. 2 vols. £6 6s. net. Vermeer of Delft, 10s. 6d. net.
Lynd (Robert). THE BLUE LION and Other Essays. F’cap 8vo. 6s. net.
Masefield (John). ON THE SPANISH MAIN. A new edition. Cr. 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.
A SAILOR’S GARLAND. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net.
SEA LIFE IN NELSON’S TIME. Illustrated. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
Meldrum (D. S.). REMBRANDT’S PAINTINGS. Wide Royal 8vo. £3, 3s. net.
Methuen (A.). AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN VERSE. With Introduction by Robert Lynd. Fifteenth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net. Thin paper, leather, 7s. 6d. net.
SHAKESPEARE TO HARDY: An Anthology of English Lyrics. With an Introduction by Robert Lynd. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo, 6s. net. Leather, 7s. 6d. net.
McDougall (William). AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. Eighteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.
NATIONAL WELFARE AND NATIONAL DECAY. Cr. 8vo. 6s. net.
AN OUTLINE OF PSYCHOLOGY. Demy 8vo. 12s. net.
BODY AND MIND: A History and a Defence of Animism. Fifth Edition. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Maeterlinck (Maurice)—
The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts. 6s. net. Also an edition illustrated by F. Cayley Robinson, 10s. 6d. net. Mary Magdalene: A Play in Three Acts, 5s. net. Death, 3s. 6d. net. Our Eternity, 6s. net. The Unknown Guest, 6s. net. Poems, 5s. net. The Wrack of the Storm, 6s. net. The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Play in One Act, 3s. 6d. net. The Burgomaster of Stilemonde: A Play in Three Acts, 5s. net. The Betrothal; or, The Blue Bird Chooses, 6s. net. Mountain Paths, 6s. net. The Story of Tyltyl, 21s. net. The Great Secret, 7s. 6d. net. The Cloud that Lifted, and The Power of the Dead, 7s. 6d. net.
Milne (A. A.)—
Not that it Matters. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net. If I May. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. net.
Newman (Tom). HOW TO PLAY BILLIARDS. Illustrated. Cr. 8vo., 8s. 6d. net.
Oxenham (John)—
Bees in Amber; A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse. Small Pott 8vo. Stiff Boards, 2s. net. All’s Well; A Collection of War Poems. The King’s High Way. The Vision Splendid. The Fiery Cross. High Altars: The Record of a Visit to the Battlefields of France and Flanders. Hearts Courageous. All Clear! All Small Pott 8vo. Paper, 1s. 3d. net; cloth boards, 2s, net. Winds of the Dawn. 2s. net.
Perry (W. J.). THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN: A Study in the Early History of Civilization. Demy 8vo. 18s. net.
THE ORIGIN OF MAGIC AND RELIGION. Crown 8vo. 6s. net.
Petrie (W. M. Flinders). A HISTORY OF EGYPT. Illustrated. Six Volumes. Cr. 8vo. Each 9s. net.
Vol. I. From the Ist to the XVIth Dynasty. Tenth Edition. (12s. net.)
Vol. II. The XVIIth and XVIIIth Dynasties. Sixth Edition.
Vol. III. XIXth to XXXth Dynasties. Second Edition.
Vol. IV. Egypt under the Ptolemaic Dynasty. J. P. Mahaffy. Second Edition.
Vol. V. Egypt under Roman Rule. J. G. Milne. Second Edition.
Vol. VI. Egypt in the Middle Ages. Stanley Lane Poole. Second Edition.
SYRIA AND EGYPT, FROM THE TELL EL AMARNA LETTERS. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
EGYPTIAN TALES. Translated from the Papyri. First Series, IVth to XIIth Dynasty. Illustrated. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
EGYPTIAN TALES. Translated from the Papyri. Second Series, XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty. Illustrated. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
Pollitt (Arthur W.). THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
Ponsonby (Arthur). ENGLISH DIARIES. Second Edition. Demy 8vo. 21s. net.
Price (L. L.). A SHORT HISTORY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN ENGLAND FROM ADAM SMITH TO ARNOLD TOYNBEE. Eleventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
Robinson (W. Heath). HUMOURS OF GOLF. Demy 4to. 7s. 6d. net.
Selous (Edmund)—
Tommy Smith’s Animals. Tommy Smith’s Other Animals. Tommy Smith at the Zoo. Tommy Smith again at the Zoo. Each 2s. 9d. Jack’s Insects, 3s. 6d. Jack’s Other Insects, 3s. 6d.
Smith (Adam). THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. Edited by Edwin Cannan. Two Volumes. Third Edition. Demy 8vo. £1 5s. net.
Sommerfeld (Arnold). ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND SPECTRAL LINES. Demy 8vo. 32s. net.
Stevenson (R. L.). THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Edited by Sir Sidney Colvin. A New Rearranged Edition in four volumes. Fourth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. Each 6s. net.
Surtees (R. S.)—
Handley Cross, 7s. 6d. net. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, 7s. 6d. net. Ask Mamma: or, The Richest Commoner in England, 7s. 6d. net. Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities, 6s. net. Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds, 7s. 6d. net. Hawbuck Grange; or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq., 6s. net. Plain or Ringlets? 7s. 6d. net. Hillingdon Hall, 7s. 6d. net.
Tatchell (Frank). THE HAPPY TRAVELLER: A Book for Poor Men. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Thomson (J. Arthur). WHAT IS MAN? Cr. 8vo. 6s. 6d. net.
Tilden (W. T.). THE ART OF LAWN TENNIS. Illustrated. Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s. net.
Tileston (Mary W.). DAILY STRENGTH FOR DAILY NEEDS. Twenty-eighth Edition. Medium 16mo. 3s. 6d. net.
Underhill (Evelyn). MYSTICISM. A Study in the Nature and Development of Man’s Spiritual Consciousness. Tenth Edition. Demy 8vo. 15s. net.
THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT AND THE LIFE OF TO-DAY. Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Vardon (Harry). HOW TO PLAY GOLF. Illustrated. Seventeenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. 6d. net.
Wade (G. W.). NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. Demy 8vo. 18s. net.
OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. Ninth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Wayne (Philip). A CHILD’S BOOK OF LYRICS. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
Waterhouse (Elizabeth). A LITTLE BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH. Twenty-first Edition. Small Pott 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
Wegener (A.). THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
Wells (J.). A SHORT HISTORY OF ROME. Eighteenth Edition. With 3 Maps. Cr. 8vo. 3s.
Wilde (Oscar). THE WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE. Fcap. 8vo. Each 6s. 6d. net.
i. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and the Portrait of Mr. W. H. ii. The Duchess of Padua. iii. Poems. iv. Lady Windermere’s Fan. v. A Woman of No Importance. vi. An Ideal Husband. vii. The Importance of Being Earnest. viii. A House of Pomegranates. ix. Intentions. x. De Profundis and Prison Letters. xi. Essays. xii. Salome, A Florentine Tragedy, and La Sainte Courtisane. xiii. A Critic in Pall Mall. xiv. Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde. xv. Art and Decoration. xvi. For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque (5s. net.).
Yeats (W. B.). A BOOK OF IRISH VERSE. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 7s. net.