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Philanthropy And Elegance

Jonas Hanway : 1712-1786. By John H. Hutchins. (S.P.C.K . 8s. 6d.) IT is typical of the English delight in eccentrics that Han- way should be remembered, not so much because of......

Dickens, Billy Bunter And Jonah

Inside the Whale. By George Orwell. (Gollancz. 75. 6d.) Tins is vigorous, informed, exceedingly honest left-wing social-literary criticism free of all the " smelly little ortho-......

Trent Himself

Those Days. By E. C. Bentley. (Constable. rzs.) THE author, a man of unusual distinction in many fields, is probably best known to the world for his Trent's Last Case and for......