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the dramatic art. On the other hand, we found no 

 mention of Masefield's Nan — surely one of the greatest 

 tragedies produced on the modern stage. 



But admittedly we are influenced by contemporary 

 opinions as much as Mr. Kirwan, and what critic can 

 honestly say that he is in the right ? We thoroughly 

 agree with the selections of the other dramatists for 

 special treatment made by Mr. Kirwan, who, besides 

 the work of the two playwrights already mentioned, 

 has most lucidly outlined The Problem Play (Sir Arthur 

 Pinero), The Stage Debate (Bernard Shaw), The Drama of 

 Questions of the Day (John Galsworthy), and the dramatic 

 methods of some less important writers. 



Within the thirty-two pages of his pamphlet the author 

 has found space to lead up to his subject with a short, 

 carefully proportioned account of the traditions of English 

 drama, and to round it olf with a study of recent foreign 

 influences, and a useful bibliography. 



E. L. 



Books Received 



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ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCH.^iOLOGY 

 The Witch-Cult in Western Europe. By Margaret Alice 



Murray. (Clarendon Press, Oxford, i6s.) 

 Studies in Xorth Africa. By Cyril Fletcher Grant. 



(Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 



85. 6d.) 



CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE 

 Alliteratio Latina, or Alliteration in Latin Verse Reduced to 



Rule. By Walter J. Evans, M.A. (Williams & 



Norgate, i8s.) 

 New Chapters in the History of Greek Literature. Edited 



by J. U. Powell and E. A. B.\rber. (Clarendon 



Press, Oxford, i8s. 6d.) 



GEOGRAPHY 

 Among the Hill-Folk of Algeria. By M. W. Hilton- 

 Slmpson, B.Sc, F.R.G.S., etc. (T. Fisher Unwin, 



Ltd., 215.) 



A Naturalist on Lake Victoria. By G. D. Hale Carpenter, 

 M.B.E., D.M., etc. (T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 28s.) 



East Carelia and Kola Lapmark. Described by Finnish 

 Scientists and Philologists. Edited by Theodor 

 HoMEN. (Longmans, Green & Co., 21s.) 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 Marvels of the Animal World. By W.S.Berridge., F.Z.S. 



45 Illustrations. (Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 



7s. dd.) 

 A History of the Perse School, Cambridge. By J. M. 



Gray, B..\. (Cambridge : Bowes & Bowes, los 6d.) 



The Oxford Shorthand. Twenty-seventh edition. 



(Lincoln [Eng.] : The 0.\ford Shorthand, P. E. 



Kingsford ; and of all booksellers, ^s) 

 Old Plans of Cambridge, 1574-1798. By J. Willis 



Clark, M.A., Hon. D.Litt., and Arthur Gray, M.A. 



Part I : Text with numerous illustrations. Part II : 



Plans in Portfolio. (Cambridge : Bowes & Bowes, 



£4 4.S. Part I alone, 21s.) 



PSYCHOLOGY 



The Psychology of Thought and Feeling. By Charles 

 Platt, B.S., Ph.D., M.D. etc. (Kegan Paul, Trench, 

 Trubner & Co., Ltd., 7s. bd.) 



The Psychology of Society. By Morris Ginsberg, M.A. 

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Einstein the Searcher. His Work Explained frotn Dia- 

 logues with Einstein. By Alexander Moszkowski. 

 Translated by Henry L. Brose. (Methuen & Co., 

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Relativity and Gravitation . Edited by J. Malcolm Bird. 

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The Ideas of Einstein's Theory. By Prof. J. H. 

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Atomic Theories. By F. H. Loring. (Methuen & Co., 

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The Elements of Physics and Chemistry. A Practical 

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 Hodges, B.Sc. (Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 4s. 6d.) 



The Popular Chemical Dictionary. Second edition. By 

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& Cox, 215.) 



Examples in Optics. Compiled by T. J. FA. Bromwich, 

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Fifty Years of Electricity. By Prof. J. A. Fleming, 

 M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. (The Wireless Press, Ltd., 30s.) 



Oil Fuel. An account of its employment by Cadbury 

 Bros., Ltd. (Publication Department, Bournville 

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The Making of Reflecting Surfaces. (Printed by the 

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 from : The Optical Society, Imperial College of 

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A Catalogue of British Scientific and Technical Books. 

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The Rainfall of the British Isles. By M. De Carle S. 

 Salter. (University of London Press, Ltd., 85. 6d.) 



Ocean Research and the Great Fisheries. By G. C. L. 

 Howell, M.A. (Clarendon Press, Oxford.) 



TOPOGRAPHY 



Map Projections. 2nd Edition. By Arthur R. Hinks, 

 C.B.E., F.R.S. (Cambridge University Press, 125. bd.) 



