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The Full - Story Of The Nobile Relief Expedition Is Told For

the first time by - Davide :Giudici in The Tragedy of the Italia (Benn, 12s. 6d.). The author was in Berlin as correspondent of a leading Italian newspaper when he was suddenly......

L'inde Et Son Ame (150 Boulevard St: Germain, Paris) Is

a selection of papers by Tagore, Romain Rolland, Professor Patrick Geddes and other distinguished thinkers, both of the East and West. Infused with a real love and knowledge of......

Those Who Know The Adur Valley, To The North Of

Shoreham, will be delighted with Lady Wolseley's charming book, entitled Sussex in the Past (Medici Society, 15s.), which deals with Bramber and Steyning; Washington and Wiston,......

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It is extremely valuable to have such a survey as Contem- porary Movements in European Literature edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs (Routledge, 10s. (id.). Of course, many of......

Shall It Be Backs Or Blades ? As Long As

the bOat travels, does it Matter that the back is pushed out ? If the probleni be to move the boat, is the natural way or the orthodox way the best way ? Though an oarsman has......

Some Books Of The Week

To the mind of the present reviewer far the best essay in Father Ronald Knox!s new work, Essays in Satire, by Ronald Knox (Sheed and Ward, 7s. 6d.) is not satirical at all. It......

We Feel London : Town And Country (st. Catherine Press,

ls.) is written for the very unsophisticated ; it does not deal only with the town of London but with the surrounding country. The descriptions are so flowery—" On this side of......

As Far Greater Interest Is Now Being Taken In Empire

history, we may hope that there will be many readers to welcome the Select Documents on British Colonial Policy, 1830-1860, edited by Mr. Kenneth G. Bell and Mr. W. P. Merrell......

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