Mr Andrew Lang has never done a more patriotic piece of work or a better service to education than by writing a concise one-volume History of Scotland. Between inadequate primers and the larger works of Burton, Hume Brown, and Mr Lang himself there was obvious need of a concise history giving the results of the most recent historical scholarship.
The Elements of British Forestry. A Handbook for Forest Apprentices and Students of Forestry. By John Nisbet, D. Œ., Professor of Forestry at the West of Scotland Agricultural College; Author of 'The Forester,' 'British Forest Trees,' 'Our Forests and Woodlands,' and other Works. Crown 8vo, 5s. 6d. net.
A Philosophical Study of Christian Ethics. By G. F. Barbour, D. Phil. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. net.
Eastern Songs. By Ben Kendim. Crown 8vo, 5s. net. With Frontispiece in Colours by Lady Aileen Wellesley.
Outlines of the History of German Literature. For the Use of Schools. By John G. Robertson, Ph.D., Professor of German in the University of London; Author of 'A History of German Literature.' Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. net.
In Malay Forests. By George Maxwell. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
Forest Entomology. By A. T. Gillanders, Woods Manager to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G. Second Edition, Revised. Demy 8vo, 15s. net. With 351 Illustrations.
Private Letters of the Marquess of Dalhousie. Edited by J. G. A. Baird. Popular Edition. With Portraits and Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 6s. net.
With the exception of the diaries which Lord Dalhousie kept from boyhood, his letters to Sir George Couper contain more of the man himself than all the rest of his papers put together. In them he liberated his mind, vented his wrath, and freely gave his opinions of men and things.
"A fascinating revelation of the inner life and character of a great Viceroy, the height of whose mental and moral stature was only fully realised long after he had passed away."—Times.