The Review of Reviews. 



December 1, 1906. 



CONTENTS — (Qjntinued from page xxi.) 



LsadiDg Articles in the Reviews (Continued)- 



How to Reform tlie House of Lords 



A Britisli View of German Manoeuvres 



How the Greek Clergy are Trained 



President Roosevelt and Spelling Reform .. 

 Whr Women Write Good Detective Stories ., 



Canine Intelligence 



A New Kind ot Rubber 



Chas. Jas. Fox Denounced 



Against Teaching Children Christianity... . 



Pope Pius X 



The Athlete's Face During Contests 



Dainty Dishes We Despise 



Tlic Amir and Women's Dress 



The Jockey's t'nhappy Lot 



Can Plants Reason? 



Pi.GE 



... 586 

 ... 587 

 587 

 ... 588 

 ... :'89 



5S9 



. 590 



... 593 



... 591 



^.., 591 



... 592 



... 592 



... 592 



... 592 



The Reviews Reviewed — 



The North American Review 



The Cornhill Magazine 



The Independent Review 



The Nineteenth Century and After 



593 

 595 

 593 

 594 



Pagb 

 The Reviews Reviewed (Continued) — 



The Worlds Work and Play 694 



The Contemporary Review 595 



The Pall Mall Magazine 595 



Tile Bevue de Paris ... 596 



Putnam's Monthly 596 



The Italian Reviews 596 



The Strand Magazine . 597 



The Atlantic Monthly 597 



The Dutch Reviews 597 



The Revue des deux Mondes 598 



La Revue 598 



The Fortnightly Review 599 



Publications Received 599 



Current Histor'jr in Caricature ... .« 605 



The Book of the Month — 



A Plea for the Revival of R«a.Ung : W.T. Stead Gil 



Leading Books of the Month 6J6 



"In the Days of the Comet "—By H. G. Wells ... 617 

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