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A New Book by AYLMER MAUDE (the Translator 

 of Tolstoy). 



A Peculiar People : The Doukhobors. Illus- 

 trated with 15 Photographs. Large Crown 

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The Doukhobors are an extraordinary sect of Russian 

 communists who migrated to Canada in 1899. At first 

 they gave considerable trouble to the Canadian Govern- 

 ment, but latterly have become very prosperous. The 

 present book gives a history of this " peculiar people," and 

 discusses their connection with Lollards, Anabaptists, and 

 other similar sects. A long and interesting letter from 

 Tolstoy on his relation with the Doukhobors is contained 

 in the volume. 



Some Women of Wit and Beauty^ by John 

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Contents : The Unacknowledged Wife of George IV, (Mrs. 

 Fitz-Herbert) — Nelson's Lady Hamilton — The Queen of the " Blue 

 Stockings " (Mrs. Montagu) — " The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessing- 

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 Generation (Mrs. Grote) — The Real " Diana of the Crossways " 

 (The Hon. Mrs. Norton) — A Tory Lady of the Last Generation 

 (Lady Eastlake). 



Archbishop Laud and Priestly Government, by 

 Henry Bell, Late Scholar of Clare College, and 

 Member of the Indian Civil Service (retired), 

 and of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. 

 Demy 8vo. Price los. 6d. net. 



" In writing the history of a life so varied in its circumstances 

 and so tragic in its end, I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to 

 draw a picture of the man as he appears in his own letters, memoir 

 and diary, for it is only fair to judge him by his own actions and 

 writmgs, and not by the caricatures of his enemies, or the equally 

 misleading portraiture of his friends." — From the Author's Intro- 

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Michael Drayton, by Professor Oliver Elton. 

 Crown 8vo. Illustrated. 



Professor Elton, who wrote an Introduction to Michael 

 Drayton for the Spenser Society in 1895, and has made 

 several valuable contributions to the history of our litera- 

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The Battle of Agincourt than any other living scholar. 



