Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
History
Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918
Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
Victoria Cross; World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada
Practical Sketch of History, and lessons therefrom of Political
Economy, old (British) _v._ new (German).
Actual Courses of Study in German Commercial and Technical
Universities, Compulsory Technical Education and Consular Training.
Financial Means for developing Co-operation in Germany, and Trade
Development.
Suggestions for Training of Women to become Self-supporting.
Improvements in our Public School Education.
Series of proposals of various improvements: Public Baths and Houses,
etc., based on German examples.
Germany's Commercial Grip on the World =6s. net (4th Edition)= =HENRI
HAUSER=
The most exhaustive and interesting study of Germany's methods for
world-wide trade. A book which all commercial men should not fail to
read.
The Future Life: In the light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science. =6s.
9d. net.= =LOUIS ELBÉ=
The most exhaustive book so far published on the subject, tracing the
belief in a future life from the earliest ages down to the present day,
among the primitive races as well as the civilised peoples of the East
and West. The author is a man of profound learning who has the
additional gift of a fascinating style, which is so well preserved in
the English translation that it reads like the original. It contains
over 100,000 words, and more than 120,000 copies of the French edition
have been sold. Such a sale is conclusive proof in itself of the book's
excellence.
Sea Power and Freedom =GERARD FIENNES=
=10s. 6d. net.=
A very important book, mainly historical, reviewing, from the
Phoenicians onwards, the history of all the nations who have possessed
Sea-power, and showing how its possession depends on a national
character which is, in itself, antagonistic to despotic rule.
Les Quatrains d'Omar Khéyyam =ODETTE ST. LYS=
Author of "L'Auberge," "Inn-of-Heart."
_In small booklet form, leather bound, gilt edged_, =2s.= _net_.
Edward FitzGerald's first edition of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,"
translated into French quatrains for the first time. French and English
text side by side. A book for all lovers of Omar Khayyam and a solace
for the trenches.
Walks and Scrambles in the Highlands =ARTHUR L. BAGLEY=
Member of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club.
With Twelve Original Illustrations. Large crown 8vo, cloth, =3s. 6d.=
net
This delightful volume describes Walks and Climbs in the Highlands,
chiefly in the more remote and little-visited districts. Readers will be
interested and fascinated by the descriptions of these explorations.
"This Book has a real attraction. Many Englishmen would do well to
follow Mr. Bagley's footsteps over our British hills and
mountains."--_The Saturday Review._
"A more readable record among the mountains, valleys, and lochs of
Scotland has probably never been published."--_The Western Morning
News._
The Cult of Old Paintings and the Romney Case =6s.= net. =RICKARD W.
LLOYD=
With an Introduction by Sir Edward Poynter, P.R.A.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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