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England through German Eyes

POWERS AND PILLARS

INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF

BRITISH PERSONALITIES

RUDOLF KIRCHER

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Published in German under the Title of "ENGLÄNDER"
English Translation by CONSTANCE VESEY
Illustrated with 32 Photographs

"A book of considerable political importance "-Spectator The author of this shrewd and fascinating book is the London correspondent of th Frankfurter Zeitung, one of the leading daily newspapers in Germany. It gives us a vivid pictur of England as seen through German eyes and is written with delightful wit and imparti tolerance. Lady Astor, Lord Oxford, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Birker head, Sir Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Mr. George Bernard Shaw and Dea Inge are among the author's many pen-portraits of prominent figures of to-day. N recent writer has been so comprehensive in his selection of personalities through which t present a complete picture of modern English life.

Golden Wedding Edition

"WE TWA"

THE

REMINISCENCES

LORD AND LADY ABERDEE

LORD AND LADY ABERDEEN

With Sixteen Half-Tone Illustrations

736 Pages.

Size, 8 × 53

Cloth

12/6

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In response to numerous requests received from all parts of the world we have prepared thi popular edition of a famous autobiography. Its sincerity, its charm and its fine literar quality have placed it very high among recent literature of its kind. We Twa, says I Observer, is a counterblast to the people who say the world is all wrong and help to make So. Nothing breathes from the book but the deep peace of people growing old, but your at heart, an age "lovely as a Lapland night."

Three Famous Novels of Japan in One Complete Volume

JAPAN REVEALED (KIMONO · SAYONARA · BANZAI

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By the Same Author

JAPANESE DON JUAN

Poems and Plays

Cloth 7/6 ne

New Edition of a Famous Book

10DERN ASTROPHYSICS

With 46 Half-Tone Illustrations

Professor H. DINGLE

Size, 8 × 5

Cloth, 30/- Net

n excellent book. Those who wish to read the newest theories about the structure the universe, and to learn the latest facts as to the distance, arrangement, ze and composition of the stars, will find all that they want to know in Professor Dingle's authoritative and luminous treatise.-Saturday Review.

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Justrated by ROBErt spence

HE MODERN GOLFER

ith 67 Illustrations

IR. LLOYD GEORGE

ith Photogravure Frontispiece and 7 Photographs HE LIFE OF CHRIST

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Woodcuts by MOLLY MCARTHUR

Crown 8vo. 3/6 Ne

Artistic Red, Black and Gold Binding, with Canvas B

Come Christmas is a collection of Christmas poems in a variety of moods. It is arranged three groups: the first, This is the Week when Christmas Comes," is full of songs and poe about Mummers and Evergreens, Christmas Shops, Stockings, and Children. The second is group of thirteen Carols, of which eleven are original, and two are free adaptations from beauti old French sources one of these, a long scene in dialogue, was the little drama used in t Chauve-Souris presentment of Bethlehem. The last group is called "Afterwards "; and t whole may perhaps be said to represent the movement of the spirit of Christmas, with its ris its culmination, and its close.

MARTIN PIPPIN STORIES

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Three delightful books containing stories as told by Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard.

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Size, 7×5

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NUTS AND MAY

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Cloth, 7/6 N

Cloth 12/6 N

A wonderful medley of stories, poems, songs, plays, games, and alphabets for childre With 18 Coloured Illustrations and over 100 Line Drawings by ROSALIND THORNYCROFI MARTIN PIPPIN IN THE APPLE-ORCHARD

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FANTASIES

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. remarkable piece of imaginative writing.

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UD IN THE MIST

HOPE MIRRLEES

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ELEANOR FARJEON

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ELEANOR FARJEON

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HELEN BEAUCLERK

lustrated with 10 Cuts by EDMUND DULAC.

Cloth, 8/6 Net

THE FANTASIES OF H. G. WELLS

THE SLEEPER AWAKES-A MODERN UTOPIA-THE WORLD SET FREE

Three Thin Paper Pocket Volumes.

Cloth, 76 Net

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- Three Thin Paper Pocket Volumes.

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