10 APRIL 1915

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It must be noted here that though the Russians seem

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well satisfied with their position, and unquestionably during the earlier part of the week took very large numbers of prisoners and accounted altogether for some thirty thousand...

This, it is suggested, is the policy which the trade

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would prefer, though it is added that the Scottish distillers would prefer very heavy taxation of spirits to prohibition. No doubt they would; but we venture to say it is a...

We are glad to record that on Thursday evening the

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German commerce destroyer, the Prinz Eitel Friedrich: was interned by the American authorities. The captain of the 'Eitel Friedrich' should enter the field of journalism, for he...

There is no news to report from the Dardanelles, except

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that the Press representatives who were at Tenedos hare been banished and can no more use their" specular mount " to watch through strong glasses the ships of the Allies...

We have dealt at length elsewhere with the problem of

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prohibition, and expressed our deep regret that the Govern- ment seem unlikely to seize the opportunity to insist that during the war the whole energies of the country shall be...

In this context it is appropriate to take note of

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the remarkable volume of testimony which comes from our officers at the front as to the fine spirit and notable efficiency of the French troops. It is much too little to say...

In the eastern theatre of the war the news is

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again very good, but here, of course, the movements are on a much greater scale than in the closely balanced western front. What appears to be happening is that the Russians are...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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filHE news from the western theatre of the war is this week distinctly good. Though on the British front there has been very little fighting, there has been considerable...

The Editors cannot undertak to return Manuscript in any case.

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We desire to reiterate here a suggestion for compromise made

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in our leading colnmna If the Government have not the pluck to "go for" the fence up to which they have ridden, let them at any rate suspend the sale of intoxi- canta in this...

A word may be said to those over-anxious and timid

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people who think there might be an insurrection or a "terrible strike" if the Government were to prohibit the sale of intoxicants during the war. There would be nothing of the...

This is very important information. Our only comment is that

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M. Venezelos displayed more statesmanship than any one else in Europe. He is evidently a great political leader—far the greatest Greece or any Balkan Power has ever had. 'He...

We need not devote more space to Mr. Lloyd George's

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letter, though it is well worth reading as a crushing, and at the same time dignified, answer to a poisonous and vindictive attack. Two observations, however, we must make on...

That is the exact attitude of Mr. Keir Hardie and

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of plenty of his colleagues and followers on the platform and in the Press. Labour is to be above the reach of criticism, and those who dare to think otherwise must be...

The second Memorandum of H. Venezelos to the King of

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Greece on January 30th was summarized in the Times of Tuesday. H. Venezelos explained that Roumania was unwilling to co-operate with Greece and Serbia unless Bulgaria also came...

The incident reflects as much dishonour on Mr. Keir Hardie

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as it does honour on Mr. Lloyd George. Mr. Kyle Hardie has lent himself to the encouragement of the worst and most tyrannous aide of the Labour movement. A claim is almost...

King Constantine approved these views, and authorized M. Venezelos to

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give effect to them. M. Venezelos, how- ever, decided to await the result of the Bulgarian attempt to raise a loan on the German and Austrian money markets. When, a few days...

Mr. Lloyd George has written a letter to Friday's papers

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in which he indignantly repudiates the monstrous accusation brought against him by Mr. Keir Hardie. Speaking at Norwich, Mr. Heir Hardie declared that workers who were putting...

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The Horning Post correspondent at Budapest, in a message published

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on Monday, described the despair of the Hungarians. They had been fooled for many weeks as to the progress of the campaign, and when they learned the bitter truth about...

On Thursday week the British steamship 'Seven Seas' was torpedoed

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off Beaohy Head without warning. She sank in three minutes. Nine members of the crew of seventeen were drowned. On Wednesday week the French steamship 'Emma' was torpedoed, also...

It was announced on Wednesday that Mr. George Booth had

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been appointed by Lord Kitchener as the head of a Committee which is to provide the extra labour necessary to guarantee an adequate supply of munitions of war. Mr. George Booth...

The valuable French official review of the war, of which

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the last section was summarized by Reuter on Thursday week, is a model of frankness. It confesses to certain errors in tactics and failures in leadership, and when it comes to...

The special correspondent of the Times with the Russian Army

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sent to last Saturday's paper a striking account of the appearance of the Austrian officers and men in the captured fortress of PrzemysL There was a startling contrast between...

With much satisfaction we record that Mrs. Johnson, formerly of

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Reclhill and now of Old Town, Croydon, has been awarded by the Home Office 2500 compensation for eighteen months' wrongful imprisonment. This unhappy woman was wrongly convicted...

The papers of last Saturday published the communications between Britain

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and Germany, by way of Washington, as to the treatment of German submarine prisoners in this country. The German Government protested against the British decision not to accord...

On Friday week an ominous incident occurred on the frontier

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between Bulgaria and Serbia. A strong force of Bulgars—it is impossible to say on the evidence whether there were regular soldiers among them or whether they were all Komitadjis...

Bank Rate, 6 per cent., changed from 6 per cent.

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Aug. 8th.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY. D EVOUTLY do we trust that the rumours current as to the intentions of the Cabinet in dealing with the liquor problem are ill-founded. If they are true,...

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A POSSIBLE COMPROMISE.

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0 strongly do we feel about the magnitude of the Government's opportunity, that for once we have an instinctive desire not to mention the word "compromise." If, however, it...

OUR HOME GUARDS.

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"T HEY'RE growing while you are sleeping." That was the thought which the old Scots laird, who above all things loved his rising woodlands, hugged to his bosom. Patriotic...

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THE UNITED STATES AND THE BLOCKADE.

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T HE Reply of the American Government to the British Notes and to the Order in Council establishing a blockade of Germany, which was published on Tuesday, is truly excellent in...

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THE POSSIBILITIES OF THRIFT.

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TT has, perhaps, not yet been sufficiently realized that the country is passing through what may almost be called an economic revolution. Large numbers of the working classes...

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W E are all losing our friends. This is true in

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a tragic sense, because our friends are dying in battle. But there is a lighter sense in which it is true also, and which is also connected with the war. There is so much work...

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EASTER WITH A VOLUNTEER CORPS.

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T DON'T think people have tumbled to the meaning of 1- all this yet," said a fellow.private in my own platoon to me as we waited at a London railway station for the order to...

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MAURICE MAETERLINCK ON "HEROISM."

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T HE words "heroic," "heroism," "hero," "heroine," are supposed to look well in journalistic headlines, and their sound is no doubt vainglorious. Yet M. Maeterlinck has written...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT, rro Tar Zones Or UM "Srcereroh." J think your readers, especially those who so generously contributed to the Fund opened by you on behalf of the...

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WHIT ABOUT HOPS?

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[To s117 EOM. 07 7117 • 031 1 7C717011.1 SIE,—Your leading article of April 3rd on "Why Do the Government Hesitate ?" is deserving of all praise, both for its outspokenness and...

"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES."

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[To rue EDITOR or rex "Sreoraron.1 Sts,—Amidet the present discussion, from several sides, of the meaning and incidence of this great precept of our Lord, it may be worth while...

[To 7101 EDITOR OW 7117 87701,707....] Sirt, — I congratulate you on

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the continued success of your appeal to Britons in aid of the "Spectator Home Guards Fund." I beg to enclose a draft for £35 in aid of this Fund from a Briton who is too old to...

AMERICANS AND THE 'FALABA.'

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[To 7117 Roues st oat -sescravoa.-1 St,—Will some of your readers in the United States who occasionally send you striking and deeply interesting letteri kindly tell us the...

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BELGIAN VICTIMS.

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[To am Emma op ran oSesc - rsion."3 Bin, — I am an American and a constant reader for years of your paper, and having great confidence in and respect for your opinion, I am...

LIVING ON THEIR PAY.

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rib ME EDITOR OF me " SP...TAMS.") Bra—Will any of your correspondents kindly tell me whether Commissioned officers live on their pay in certan units? 011 inquiry one is...

MR. ELLIS BARKER AND PRINCE BISMARCK. [To ma Boum or

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am ..13mcnaos..] Sra—I have not been able to refer to the hitherto unpublished material brought together with so much industry by Mr. Ellis Barker in his article in the...

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE WAR.

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("Clifton, remember," done into Greek.) [To me EDITOR w TU. "Eramams..I Sra—A short time ago I had occasion to visit my old school, Clifton College. In the familiar cloister,...

ALLOWANCES FOR OFFICERS' WIDOWS. (To TIM Emma or Tea ..Srscuron."1

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SIR,—I read from time to time many references to the allow, ance for soldiers' wives and suggestions for adequate pensions to the widows of fallen soldiers. Scarce a word in the...

NEUTRALITY.

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[To am EDITOR or MB ..liescr.o.^] Si.—In your issue of April 3rd "An Inquirer" propounds three inquiries. The first is of the nature of an inquiry commonly made by a low kind...

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GERMAN PRAISE OF BRITISH TROOPS.

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[To TEE EDITOR or TR. " SPECTATOR."] San,—German activities reach as far as Los Angeles in California, and I bare received a copy of the Los Angeles Examiner containing en...

THE HEIGHT OF NAPOLEON. [To THE Banos OF Tan "SPECTATOR:1

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Si,—Will you allow me to explain why Napoleon was ever said to he only 5 ft. 3 in. high p It was because a French foot in the old French measure was not 12 in., but about in in....

THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE, WINDSOR.

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[To THE EDITOR or ten •`Sercuros."] San,–..In a very few words may I draw the attention of your readers to the work done by the Imperial College, Windsor, and to its present...

DETECTION OF AIRCRAFT.

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[To TRE EDITOR opens " SPECTATOR") Salk—The suggestion in a letter in your last week's issue as to grey shrikes being used for detecting aircraft is very interesting, but I...

PROLONGING THE WAR.

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[To TICE EDITOR OP Tea " SPECTATOR:] San,—In your issue of the 3rd inst. we notice a letter from "A Government Contractor" who is evidently uninformed on the present position...

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BULLS AND BLUNDERS.

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[To MID EDITOR 07 7E6 " STSCIWFOR"j 13150,—Many years ago I heard the following notice read out in a Catholic church in England: "There will be a procession next Sunday...

POETRY.

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THE BALLAD OF THE 'EASTERN CROWN. ' I'VE sailed in ' ookers plenty since first I went to sea, An ' sail or steam, an ' good or bad, was all alike to me ; There ' s some ' ave...

[To WOE Eorros spree Sencraron..] 8111,—Amongst mixed metaphors the most

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delightful I think I have ever heard was the statement of a Town Councillor in a Hampshire town some years ago, during a discussion on projected expenditure on town...

THE PUNCTUATION OF THE LORD ' S PRAYER.

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[To ran EDITOR OF ran “Srsc-rArox."] suggest that the reason for placing the comma after the word "done, " in the Lord ' s Prayer, is that (in the words of the Bishop of Oxford)...

A HOSPITABLE JOURNAL.

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[To ran Emum or Ins Braor•ron."1 sometimes wcmder how far the editor of the Spectator is able to gauge the variety of types of mind and vocation repre- sented among his...

[To Tor EDWOR or rex ..Sracraros."] Sin,—Some years ago, when

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stationed in Ireland, I was paying an afternoon call upon the wife of the vicar of a oonntry pariah. The housekeeper opened the front door, and I was at once greeted by the...

THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS.

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PnEsmxxr, 4 LORD DESBOROUGH. How. SECRETARY PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. RIAD Omens: Judges ' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of this...

[To YRS EDITOR or ran ..Errentron."1 SIR,—A distinguished leader of

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the Ulster Party, writing to me some time back, said "Before the Home Role Bill is enforced Asquith will have to walk over many dead bodies— his own included. " I think this...

11017CE.—Whett "Correspondence" or Artistes are signed with the writer's name

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rrr initials, or with a peendonym, or are marked "Communicaled," the Edifor roust not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

THE " SPECTATOR " HOME GUARDS FUND. Sunscairriews for this

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Fund should be sent to the Spectator Office, or direct to Messrs. Barclay and Co., Goslings' Branch, 19 Fleet Street, London, E.G. Cheques should he made payable to the...

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BOOKS.

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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND EPISCOPACY.* CANON MASON'S book is a by-product of the now almost forgotten Kikuyu controversy, but to judge by his preface lie seems under the...

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MR. BULLER'S RECOLLECTIONS.* A PATHETIC interest attaches to these Recollections

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written by Mr. Bullen shortly before his death, in the full consciousness that it was his valediction to the public whom he had served so strenuously as :Magmas, journalist,...

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B. M. MALABARIA

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Sin VALENTINE CHIEOL in his brief preface to this book balls Malabari "one of the most remarkable characters that modern India. has produced." That, we think, is not an...

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Va. nat.) London A. and C. Black. pea. net.1

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THE war is still with us, end we are apt to forget that victory will fall to the side whose soldiers and sailors have been brought up in the best homes. We depend. on men who...

SOUTHERN INDIA.*

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• ninepin of Edanstioa. By E. IL. Sewell. London: Longman: and Co. • &Whirrs. /ndia. Painted by Lady Lawley. Described by P. E. Penny. WE have here a pleasant, readable book,...

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THE MAGAZINES.

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As the Nineteenth Century contains no fewer than nineteen articles, of which fifteen deal directly or indirectly with the war, it is obviously impossible for us to do more than...

BERNINL• Iv is not difficult to imagine the astonishment of

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the past generation of art-lovers had they been invited to read the • Benson, and other StuAiss in ihe History of Art. By Richard Horton, kneennsof Pino Arts, Boston. London:...

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FICTION.

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THE SWORD OF YOUTH.* Tile appearance of a new story from the pen of Mr. James Lane Allen, while welcome in itself, is doubly so for proving the persistence of an element which...

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NEW Enrrzons.—We have received a copy of the second edition

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of Constitutional Law of England, by Edward Waren Ridges (Stevens and Sons, 15s.).—We are also glad to notice the issue of a new edition of Sir Charles Lucas's Historical...

Bibliophiles willbe attracted by the Catalogue of the Christie Collection

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compiled under the direction of Mr. Charles W. E. Leigh (Longmans and Co. for the Manchester University Press, 21e. net). This interesting collection of about eight thousand...

Walt Marg.—Messrs. Stanford's War Map No. 11 comprises The Theatre

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of War in Eastern Europe (7s. 6d.). It covers, on a scale of eighteen miles to the inch, East Prussia, Poland, Galicia, the Bukowina, Transylvania, Hungary, and parts of...

It might be doubted whether any one who felt inclined

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to read Saint-Simon's Memoirs at all would not prefer to read them in the original rather than in a translation. But since Mr. Francis Arkwright has not only translated but...

Boors or ItErsitzwca—The Official Year-Book of the Church of England,

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1915 (S.P.C.K., is.) has just reached us. —We may also mention Philips' Pictorial Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer (George Philip and Son, It net).

READABLE Novxxs.-270 City of Contrasts. By Katherine dames. (Chapman and

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Hall. 6s.)—A spirited and glowing story of the Perugia of the Renaissance, arranged in a number ef contrasting scenes—A Shadow of '57. By A. U. Scott- Moncrieff. (T. Fisher...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Notice in this minas Atm set neceuarily preclude awbeeguentreniem] We have no doubt that Mr. W. N. Robson's Principles of Legal Liability for Trespasses and Injuries by...

Auction Bridge, having to a large extent superseded Bridge in

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popularity, is in its tarn threatened by the new variation " Nullo " Auction. The new edition of How to Win at Royal Auction Bridge, by" Out Cavendish" (T. Werner Laurie, 2e....