Mr. Edward Arnolds New and Popular Books, December, 1901 | Page 2

OF THE FOUNDER OF THE BROTHERS MINOR.
By JAMES ADDERLEY.
Second Edition, with photogravure Portrait of St. Francis, crown 8vo., 3s. 6d.
'Mr. Adderley has written a pleasant, sympathetic, graphic account of the most fascinating of medi?val saints. We can heartily recommend Mr. Adderley's book. It is thoroughly up to modern knowledge, and contains references to works as recent as M. Sabatier's publication of the "Tractatus de Indulgentia S. Mari? in Portiuncula." A useful abridged translation of the Franciscan rule is appended.'--Guardian.
'Admirers of St. Francis will gladly welcome this little book. The story of his life is told clearly and in beautiful language.'--Ave Maria.
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SEVEN ROMAN STATESMEN.
By C.W. OMAN, DEPUTY CHICHELE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. AUTHOR OF 'THE ART OF WAR,' 'A HISTORY OF ENGLAND,' ETC.
Crown 8vo., with Portraits, 6s.
This work contains a detailed study of some of the great Romans whose fame is eternal. C?sar, Pompey, Sulla and the Gracchi were the men who made Roman History, and their characters and actions are of living interest to-day. Professor Oman's volume is based upon a series of lectures given in Oxford, thoroughly revised for publication, and he has selected the portraits with great care.
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IMPERIUM ET LIBERTAS.
By BERNARD HOLLAND.
One volume, octavo, 12s. 6d. net.
'The book is one which it will be the desire, we may perhaps say the necessity, of every student of the higher politics of the Empire to read carefully. The development of the Empire ... and the character and ideals of the collective organization as a whole, as these stand before the world at the beginning of the twentieth century, are discussed by Mr. Holland in a vein of modest conviction, and withal of illuminating criticism, supported by apt quotation and example, which is very instructive.'--Spectator.
'Mr. Bernard Holland has written a good book upon a great subject. He writes with sobriety and force, backed by wide reading and considerable knowledge of affairs. His book ought to be widely read and seriously considered.'--Times.
'A very remarkable book; eminently instructive. The newest political thought is addressed to the beginnings and the desirability of a complete transformation of the British Empire. They are not all dreamers and faddists who commend the change and would hasten it. Of such is Mr. Bernard Holland, a man whose studies, whose sagacity, whose freedom from the limitations of partizanship and the heats of controversy, entitle him to a respectful hearing whenever he speaks.'--Pall Mall Gazette.
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RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF THE TRANSVAAL WAR.
By E.T. COOK, Recently Editor of the Daily News.
THIRD IMPRESSION. One volume, demy 8vo., 12s. 6d. net.
'We must congratulate Mr. Cook most warmly on his achievement. Whatever else may be read about the diplomacy that preceded the war, his book must certainly be read. It will immensely increase a reputation that already stood very high. No recent book on any political question has been so good, and we are inclined to think it marks out Mr. Cook as the ablest political journalist of the day. The writing is of a masterly lucidity.'--Literature.
'Mr. Cook has produced a handbook of the political history of the War, the practical utility and instructive value of which it would be difficult to exaggerate.'--World.
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FINLAND:
Its Public and Private Economy.
By N.C. FREDERIKSEN, FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN.
Crown 8vo., cloth, 6s.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: I. Peculiarities of Finnish Civilization. II. The Agricultural Classes. III. The Land Laws of Finland. IV. Methods and Conditions of Agriculture. V. Forestry. VI. Mining and Manufacturing Industries. VII. Commerce, Navigation, and Fisheries. VIII. Money and Banking. IX. Means of Communication. X. The Exchequer, and Civic Duties. XI. The Government of Finland and its Future.
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TROOPER 8,008 I.Y.
By the Hon. SIDNEY PEEL, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
With 16 Illustrations from Photographs, and a Map, demy 8vo., 7s. 6d.
SIXTH IMPRESSION.
'We congratulate Mr. Peel most heartily on his frank and manly book. That it will obtain a very large number of readers we do not doubt, for it is a fascinating record of service in perhaps the most interesting body of troops that took part in the war. In his book we get war as seen from the ranks, recorded not only by a singularly able and cultivated man, but by one who had plenty of experience of men and cities, and one who had a first-hand acquaintance of generals and politicians before he went campaigning.'--Spectator.
'This book seems to us to be perhaps the best contribution to the literature of the war that has yet been written. It is a plain soldierly narrative of what the writer actually did and saw, set down in unvarnished language, yet in English which it is a pleasure to read for its straightforward fluency.'--_St. James's Gazette_.
'From first page to last it is a good book.'--Pilot.
'A most