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WOMAN AND MARRIAGE
A HANDBOOK
By MARGARET STEPHENS
With a Preface by DR. MARY SCHARLIEB, and an Introduction by Mrs. S. A.
BARNETT
Large crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. net
_SIXTH IMPRESSION_
The direct purpose of this book is to explain very simply something of the structure and the use of parenthood, and to show the possibilities which arise from it--in short, to help women, and men too--in the understanding of themselves. It endeavours to increase intelligence on the subject of child-life by letting a clear light shine on those everyday matters of birth and life which are so often furtively wrapped in a mysterious and wholly distorting gloom.
""Woman and Marriage" is an outspoken book which should be carefully read by those for whom it is written. It is not a book for boys and girls; it is a physiological handbook, thoroughly well written, orderly, wholesome and practical.... We commend this work to all who want a full account in simple words of the physical facts of married life. All the difficulties of the subject are handled fearlessly, gravely and reverently in this book, and as it must be kept out of the reach of mere curiosity, so it deserves thoughtful study by those of us whose lives it touches."--_The Spectator._
"If more such books were written, and more such knowledge disseminated, it would be a good thing for the wives and mothers of the present day."--_The Times._
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CONTENTS
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY pages 1 to 8 TRAVEL & DESCRIPTION " 8 " 9 POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY & ECONOMICS " 10 " 13 BELLES LETTRES " 14 " 16 POETRY AND DRAMA " 17 MISCELLANEOUS " 18 FICTION " 19 to 21 NEW EDITIONS AND IMPRESSIONS " 22 " 27
Life and Letters of Silva.n.u.s Phillips Thompson, F.R.S. By JANE S.
THOMPSON and HELEN G. THOMPSON. Ill.u.s.trated. Demy 8vo, cloth.
(Spring, 1920).
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This is a straightforward and somewhat intimate account of the career of a man of great and varied gifts. Born into the family of a simple Quaker schoolmaster of York his extraordinary energy and devotion to science carried him into the foremost ranks of physicists, an acknowledged leader in electro-technology and optics. Both as popular lecturer and as trainer of technical college students his skill was unrivalled, and wheresoever he went his enthusiasm for men and things won him friendships, alike in his own country and abroad. Many of the letters describe experiences on his journeys, others adventures of the antiquarian in the pursuit of sixteenth and seventeenth century scientific literature, and yet others tell of battles for truth in some field or other.
The book contains appreciations of his works as original investigator, teacher, writer, artist, and "prophet," and indirectly testifies to the warmth of personal regard which the frank geniality of his nature won for him in many spheres.
All and Sundry: More Uncensored Celebrities. By E. T. RAYMOND, Author of "Uncensored Celebrities." Demy 8vo, cloth.
10s. 6d. NET. Inland Postage, 6d.
Few books this year have attracted more attention or been more widely read than Mr. E. T. Raymond"s "Uncensored Celebrities," a work as caustic as it was impartial. In his new work Mr. Raymond does not limit himself to political personalities only, but includes figures in the Church, such as the Bishop of London and Dean Inge; in literature, Mr.
G. K. Chesterton, Mr. Hilaire Belloc, and Mr. Rudyard Kipling; in journalism, Mr. Harold Begbie, Mr. T. P. O"Connor, and Mr. Leo Maxse; in art and music, Mr. Frank Brangwyn and Sir Thomas Beecham. Mr. Raymond includes also character sketches of President Wilson, M. Georges Clemenceau, the Duke of Somerset, Viscount Chaplin, Viscount Esher, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Ernle, Mr. Speaker, and many other prominent people. Wider in range than "Uncensored Celebrities" and equally brilliant, this work may be expected to appeal to even a larger public than its remarkable predecessor.
The Life of John Payne. By THOMAS WRIGHT, Author of "The Life of William Cowper," etc. With 18 Ill.u.s.trations. Demy 8vo, cloth.
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Few great authors appeal more to the imagination than John Payne, the hero of "The John Payne Society," who shrank from the lime-light of "interviewing." Recognised as a true poet by Swinburne, he was probably the most skilful translator of the nineteenth century, for we owe to him a version of Villon"s poems which is itself a poetic work of consummate art, the first complete translation of the "Arabian Nights," the first complete verse rendering of Omar Khayyam"s quatrains, to say nothing of translations of "The Decameron," etc. Among his friends were Swinburne, Sir Richard Burton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Arthur O"Shaughnessy, French authors such as Victor Hugo, Banville, and Mallarme, and the artist who ventured to depict "G.o.d with eyes turned inward upon His own glory." Mr.
Wright by an extraordinary exercise of tact and sympathy was able to pa.s.s the barrier which shut Payne off from anybody who sought to know the man behind the books. For twelve years before Payne"s death in 1916 he was his most intimate friend, and as, during all that time, he had in view the writing of Payne"s Life he lost next to none of his opportunities for obtaining at first hand the facts and opinions needed for his work. Moreover, Payne made him a present of a MS. autobiography and supplied him with valuable material from his letter-files. Mr.
Wright was, in fact, Payne"s Boswell, and no life which may be written hereafter can have the weight and interest of this vivid book, much of which gives us the sound of Payne"s own voice.
A History of Modern Colloquial English. By HENRY CECIL WYLD, B.
Litt. (Oxon.), Baines Professor of English Language and Philology at the University of Liverpool. Demy 8vo, cloth. (Spring, 1920.)
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The book deals more particularly with the changes that have taken place during the last five hundred years in the spoken forms of English. The development of English p.r.o.nunciation and the changes in grammatical usage are dealt with in considerable detail, and there is a chapter on idiomatic colloquialisms, modes of greeting, forms of address in society, conventional and individual methods of beginning and ending private letters, expletives, etc. The main part of the book is based almost entirely upon new material collected from the prose and poetical literature, and also from Letters, Diaries and Wills written during the five centuries following the death of Chaucer. A sketch is given of the chief peculiarities of the English dialects from about 1150, to the end of the 14th century, and special chapters are devoted to a general account of the languages of the 15th, 16th, and 17th and 18th centuries respectively. Many questions of general interest are dealt with, such as the rise of a common literary form of English, and its relation to the various spoken dialects; the recognition of a standard form of spoken English, and its variations from age to age, and among different social cla.s.ses. The various types of English are ill.u.s.trated by copious examples from the writings of all the periods under consideration. This will be a work of much interest for the intelligent general reader as well as for the scholar. Professor Wyld is the author of many well-known and widely read books of which this ought to prove not the least popular.
Zanzibar: Past and Present. By MAJOR FRANCIS B. PEARCE, C.M.G.
(British Resident in Zanzibar), With a Map and 32 pages Ill.u.s.trations. Super Royal 8vo, cloth. (Spring, 1920.)
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This important work deals with the past and present history of Zanzibar.
From the earliest times this island, owing to its commanding position off the coast of Africa, controlled the great trade-routes which traversed the Continent from the Indian to the Atlantic Oceans, and it has remained to the present day the Metropolis of the East African Region. It has known many over-lords, and the author, who is His Majesty"s Representative in Zanzibar, traces the story of this romantic island-kingdom down the centuries. The close a.s.sociation of this African island with ancient and mediaeval Arabia is demonstrated, and the advent of the old Persian colonists to its sh.o.r.es explained. Coming to later times such names as Vasco da Gama and Sir James Lancaster, that famous Elizabethan sea-captain, are met with; until leaving beaten tracks, the author introduces the reader to the h.o.a.ry kingdom of Oman, whence came those princes of the Arabian desert, who subdued to their sway the rich spice-island of Zanzibar, and the adjacent territories of Central Africa. Modern Zanzibar is fully dealt with, and the enlightened Prince who occupies the throne of Zanzibar to-day is introduced to the reader in a personal interview. The latter portion of the work is devoted to descriptions of the ruined Arab and Persian stone-built towns--the very names of which are now forgotten--which until cleared by the author, lay mouldering in the forests of Zanzibar and Pemba. The text is elucidated by a series of beautiful photographs and by specially prepared maps.
This volume must be regarded as the standard work on the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
The Canadians in France, 1915-1918 By CAPT. HARWOOD STEELE, M.C., late Headquarters Staff, 2nd Canadian Division. With Maps. Demy 8vo. (Spring, 1920.)
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Captain Steele, who is already favourably known as the author of the spirited volume of poems ent.i.tled "Cleared for Action," here recounts the deeds of the famous force sent by Canada to take part in the Great War. What St. Julien, Ypres, St. Eloi, the Somme, Pa.s.schaendaele, Lens, Vimy, Amiens, Cambrai and Mons, 1918 mean in the glorious record of the Allies will be fully understood by the reader of this book.
This is the first complete record of the achievements of the Canadian divisions to be published. Captain Steele served three years in France, and partic.i.p.ated in most of the important engagements in which the Canadians took part.