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The Library Of The India Office By A. J. Arberry

Lord Zetland, the Secretary for India, justly observes in a preface to Dr. Arberry's interesting little book (published by the India Office) that the magnificent Oriental......

The History Of Science, Technology . And Philosophy In...

CENTURY By Professor A. Wolf Professor Wolf, who has already written a History of Science, Technology and Philosophy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, has now extended......

The English Coasting Trade,

1600 - 1750 By T. S. Willan Dr. Willan's monograph on our coasting trade between 1600 and 175o (Manchester University Press, 12s. 6d.) is a very sound piece of research work. He......

Scarred Background By Nigel Heseltine

You can write travel books either about countries (Marco Polo) or about yourself (Aldous Huxley) ; or you can mix the two methods, which is what Mr. Nigel Heseltine does in......

The History Of The Cheshire Regiment In The Great War

By Colonel Arthur Crookenden The regimental history of the Cheshires has been intelligently, compiled by the Colonel (Chester : W. H. Evans). As 38 battalions were raised and 15......