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in trying to get the truth. That is a great deal, and this 

 lx)ok deserves the attentive study of scholars and students. 



He is most successful in making out his claims for Peele 

 and for Wilkins. This is Mr. Sykes' first book, we under- 

 stand, and we look forward to a continuation of liis 

 activity in this field of work. 



Mr. Robertson's contribution to the problem of Hamlet 

 is an extraordinarily able and stimulating one. The chief 

 theories that have been put forward in the past to explain 

 the difl5culties in the character of Shakespeare's most 

 famous creation are described and reviewed. Mr. Robert- 

 son shows that many of these arc to be ascribed to in- 

 consistencies, attributable to the fact that Shakespeare 

 was not creating a perfectly new play, but was building 

 it up from old sources, especially from the old lost play 

 of the same name by Kyd. Sucli is the main point, and 

 in working it out the author has written a most interesting 

 and helpful book. 



The Last Four Months. By Sir Frederick Maurice. 

 (Cassell, 7s. 6d. net.) 



This is an interesting description of the events in France 

 in 1917 and 1918 which led to the necessity of real co- 

 ordination of action between the Allied armies on the 

 Western Front, and to the choice of Foch as Commander- 

 in-Chief. It deals particularly with that magnificent 

 campaign of his which turned the colossal disaster of 

 Jlarch into the victory which ended the war on the West- 

 ern Front. 



In writing this book Sir Frederick has not had the inside 

 information that he had in his previous one, but neverthe- 

 less he has given a very lucid and graphic compilation from 

 published sources of information. His defence of the 

 retirement of Gough's Fifth Army in March, his opinions 

 of the methods and strategy of the enemy, and his reasons 

 for approving of the date of the Armistice, should be read 

 with particular interest. 



The Ghost World. By J. W. Wickwar. (Jarrolds. 

 2s. 6i. net.) 



An interesting little book on this always popular 

 subject. The author's advice, evidently, is to keep a 

 ghost for our entertainment, as we keep a faery for 

 our children. Although the ghostly phenomena are 

 explained away, and our shudder develops into a laugh, 

 yet the explanations are not dogmatic, and leave a wisp 

 of belief for the lovers of " real ghosts." The imbelief 

 is not so strong as that expressed by Mr. Jasper in Edwin 

 Drood, 3S he talked with the " tombatic " old Durdles 

 in the eerie precincts of the cathedral grave-yard : 



" But do you think there may be Ghosts of other 

 things, though not of men and women ? " says Durdles. 



" What things ? " says Jasper. " Flower-beds and 

 watering-pots ? horses and harness ? " 



" No. Sounds." 



" What sounds ? " 



" Cries." 



" What cries do you mean ? ' Chairs to mend ' ? " 



" No. I mean screeches. . . ." 



Mr. Wickwar evidently " means screeches." 



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 written it in a clear and interesting way that should be 

 very acceptable to the general reader. The scheme of 

 this volume is similar to the author's previous work on 

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