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"The Treasures of Coal Tar," by Alexander Findlay, Aberystwyth. London Geo. Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 4s. 6d. Pp. 137. Just at the present time England is being brought face to face with many problems. Naval and military affairs appear to be most pressing, but we cannot afford to shut our eyes to the urgent need of realisation of the position of our country in the commercial sphere as well. Professor Findlay in his admirable preface points out the absolute necessity for a wider understanding by the public generally of the intimate relation between commerce and science. In the opening chapters the production and utilisation of coal gas and the accompanying by-products is clearly and simply explained, and the need for real economy involving the use of new and up to date plant strongly emphasised. No one having read this book, especially the later chapters can tail to realise the importance of chemical research. The chapter on molecular architecture will impress upon the general reader the place of pure theory in the world of practical commercial chemistry. A book of this kind cannot fail to be slightly academic in treatment, but those who commence to read it will go on to the end and will find that the production of ordinary chemicals has a romantic history and an absorbing interest apart from commercial considerations altogether. F.W.R. BOOKS RECEIVED Immortality," by various writus. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. Pp. 380. "Christianity in History," by J Vernon Bartlett and A. J. Carlyle. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 12s. Pp. 613. "Britain after the Peace" by Brougham Villiers. London: T. Fisher Unwin. 8s. 6d. Pp. 263. "Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills," by Edith Nepean. London: Stanley Paul & Co. 6s. Pp. 320. Gwaharddiad," a series of Welsh articles in support of Prohibition against State Purchase, by Rev. G. Parry Hughes. Dolgelly Hughes Brothers. 6d. Pp. 96. The Gamut of Gower," poems by Gertrude Williams. Newport: Southall & Co. 2s. Pp. 47. "The Oracle of Colour," by William Kidder. London: A. C. Fifield. Is. 3d. Pp. 106. The Philosophy of Patience," a domestic drama by W. H. Green- wood. Chorley Universal Publishing Co. 9d. Pp. 37. The Problem of the Disabled," by Col. Sir Robert Jones, C.B. London Johr. Bale, Son & Danielsson, Ltd. Pp. 19. "A Modern Idealist," by Wilfred Wellcock. London: C. W. Daniel, Ltd. 2s. Pp. 349. "Village Life after the War." Special reports of Conferences. London: Headley Brothers. Is. Pp. 118. The Sword of the Spirit," by R. H. Tawney. London The Athenaeum Literature Department. lid. Pp. 16. The Industrial Outlook," by 0 P I P. London The Athenaeum Literature Department. lid. Pp. 16. "Grace and Personality," by John Omen, M.A. London: The Cambridge University Press. 6s. Pp. 293. Faith, War and Policy," by Gilbert Murray. London Oxford University Press. 6s. Pp. 280. A Short History of France," by Mary Duclaux, London T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. 10s. 6d. Pp. 349, Wales in the Seventeenth Century," by the Rev. J. C. Morrice, M.A. Bangor Jarvis & Foster. 10s. 6d. Pp. x. 352. Reward and other Poems," by Leonard Burdett. Chorley The Universal Publishing Co. 8d. Pp. ix. 27. "Y Byd a Ddaw," by the Rev. Luther Thomas, Conway. Dolgelley W. Hughes Brothers. 3s. 6d. Pp. 280. A Quire of Rhymes," by Rev. W. Evans. B.A. (Wil Ifan). Cardiff: The Educational Publishing Co. Is. Pp. 47. DEAFNESS CATARRH, HEAD NOISES, easily cured in a few days by the lli^4j4J$new "FRENCH ORLENE." Scores of wonderful cures re- ported. COMPLETELY CURED" AGE 76 Mr Thomas Winslade, of Borden. Hants, writes: "I am delighted I tried the new "Orlene, for the head noises, I am pleased to tell you, ARE GONE, and I can hear as well as ever I could in my life. I think it wonderful, as I am seventy-six years old, and the people here are surprised to think I can hear so well again at my age." 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