blank-verse play by Stephen' Phillips, which hag events connected Arnold Bennett puts four of [Dostoevsky's novels on his list of the twelve best novels of the world.
The first, which he calls the finest novel ever written, is "The Brothers with the Norman. invasion as its ov." The others are "The publi hitherto by certain' theme, has been withheld from.
"Memoirs of the House of jthe Dead," and "Crime and Punish-difficulties." These have now been removed, and the play is to come, ment." Mr. Bennett also includes among the greatest twelve shortly, from the Bodley Head, with of Spi introduction by Mr, Arthur|*
Symons, Professor Morgan has completed! a work on "The Law and Constitution of the Empire" to which, Lord has contributed a valuable Sntroadction. The book deals with the proceedings of the last Imperial Conference, the judicial work of the Privy Council, -the laws of the Empire, and the legal problems of the Dominions; and it is to be published by Cassels, Pekers and. chides"
'All these are published by Mac milan, in regular uniform editions. "Crime and Punishment" is also ready in the attractive half-leather edition of the Modern Readers'
Series, Probably most people will wonder whether Sibell Vansittart, author of the new English romance, "Loves Staff," is man or woman. She Miss' Vansittart, an active soci worker in a London slum, and her forther, Mr, Robert Vansittart, is cof the greatest writer of fairy-tales, jin charge of the American Deyart-Hans Andersen, is to be published ment of the Foreign Office, Miss cly Messrs. Methuen, Tt has been Vansittart is also an ardent golfer, written by his compatriot Elith addition to frequent journeys Reumert, and it should make very abroad, chiefly to Paris and attractive reading, as Andersen was Antwerp, she spends some time man of great charm who had a Scotland' every fall, playing at very remarkable history. different well-known golfing places. ISo it is no wonder that her golf A volume of "Historical Trials" playing characters in "Lover's Sta which Sir John Macdonnell, Master Jare $0 convincing. As for the of the Supreme Court, completed not heroine, Nancy herself, and the Jong before his death, is to be Jscarred hero, Colonel Standish, Dublished by the Oxford University hero and heroine could possibly be Press, Among the trials with which more satisfactory and the story has deals are those of Socrates, Joan some delightfully dramatic moments of Are, Mary Queen of Scots, fat which the reader must take care Galilee, Katherine of Aragon, and not to fall out of the hammock. Sir Walter Raleigh, so. that it can! hardly fail to be of peculiar interest, Doesn't "The Times" put this Jchaymingly? "Our advice Is to save this book for a dismally wet after-Gorald Howe's new series, "Repre-noon; tea will arrive with a startling sentative Women," is to be under the general editorship of Francis Birrell, We have forgotten what book was and will form a gallery of feminine [thus happily recommended, but we types of all countries and tim san guarantee that the new Cole Among the early volumes will Kady Mester Stanhope, by martin Hous: make you forgot not novel, "The Murder at
only the wet afternoon but the tea besides.
Rachel, by James Letizia Buonaparte, by "The Book of Ser Marco Polo, con-Clement Shaw; and the Dud cerning the Kingdoms and Marvels clu Maine, by Francis Birrell, lof the Enst"—commonly known as "The Travels of Marco Polo" been added to Macmil "Les Ravageurs," sive Modern Readers' ($1.25 hitherto unknown in English, in half-leather). This is the first popular edition of this famous book Michell, for many yours Langu [which has used the Yule translation, Master at Westminster School, The a British Book is to have the title of "The: ent of medieval history Spoilers," and is to be published by geography of Central
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