April, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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Roman Empire.” By Professor H. M. 
Gwatkin, Professor J. S. Reed, Dr. Nor- 
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York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. 
Cloth 8vo. Maps; 754 pp. Price, $5.00 
net. 
The Syndics of the Cambridge Univer- 
sity Press, on the completion of “The 
Cambridge Modern History,” undertook to 
publish a comprehensive history of mediz- 
val times, drawn up on similar lines. The 
work covers the period from Constantine 
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Slav, the Magyar, the Turk, and even the 
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THE Papacy AND MopERN TIMES. By 
Rey. William Barry, D.D. New York: 
Henry Holt & Company, 1912. Cloth 
16mo.; 256 pp. Price, 50 cents net. 
The writer of this book is well known 
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the present volume is a story of the rise and 
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PINS AND PrncusHIons. By E. D. Long- 
man and S. Loch. New York: Long- 
mans, Green & Co., 1911. Cloth, 8vo. 
Illustrated by 43 plates. 188 pages. 
Price, $3 net. 
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