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=The Wars of Religion in France (1559-1576), The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici, and Philip II.= By JAMES WESTFALL THOMPSON. 648 pages, 8vo, cloth, net $4.50; postpaid, $4.84.
An authoritative, powerful, and original work based on much newly-discovered material and treating the great epoch _after_ Henry II--the time of Vassy and St. Bartholomew, with new light on the underlying social and economic causes of the religious conflict.
“In describing that bitter turmoil of interests and ideals Mr. Thompson is scrupulously impartial.”--_American Historical Review._
=Russia and Its Crisis.= By PAUL MILYOUKOV. xiv + 589 pages, crown 8vo, net $3.00; postpaid, $3.20.
Broad, liberal, reasonable, and thoroughly informed, Professor Milyoukov is one of the foremost thinkers of his nation. His book is of inestimable value to every student of present-day Russia. Important chapters are those dealing with “The Nationalistic Idea,” “The Religious and Political Traditions,” “The Liberal and Socialistic Ideas,” and “The Urgency of Reform.”