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Current Literature

CHINA AND THE POWERS. By H. K. Norton. (G. Allen and Unwin. 15s.)—Mr. Norton, a well-known American authority on Chinese affairs, gives a lucid and temperate account of the......

The Curse Of The Reckaviles. By Walter S. Ifnstertnan....

3s. f3d.)—One - of the - - most necessary qualities in a detective story is that it should carry the reader from puzzle to puzzle without ever breaking the thread of the......

Later Greek Sculpture And Its Influence On East And West.

By A. W. Lawrence. (Jonathan Cape. 25s.)—The title of this very able essay may deter some readers from looking into it. For it is often assumed that sculpture later than Phidias......

Five Roman Emperors. By Bernard W. Henderson. (cambridge...

21s.)—Mr. Henderson has filled the gap between his well-known monographs on Nero and on Hadrian by this valuable and uncommonly readable account of Vespasian, Titus, Domitian,......

London : A Comprehensive Survey Of The History, Tradition...

Historical Associations of Buildings and Monu- ments. By George H. Cunningham. (Dent. 21s.)—It is recorded that Dr. Johnson said on occasion that whoever wishes to attain a good......

Answers To Old Testament Questions

1. Is. xxxi. 5-1x. 8.-2. Is. xl. 22.-3. 2 Kings vi. 17. 4. Ps. xxiv. 7-9.-5. Is. id. 26, Ps. cxlvii. 4.-6. Job xxxviii. 31. — 7. Dan. i. 12 and 15.-8. Gen. xiv. 18.-9. Gen. xiv.......

Studies In Economic History : The Col- Lected Papers Of

GEORGE UNWIN. Edited with a Memoir by R. H. Tawney. (Macmillan, for the Royal Eco- nomic Society. 15s.)—The late George Unwin, Professor of Economic History at Manchester from......

This Week In London

LECTURES. Monday, October 3rd, at 3.30 p.m.—Dineacilie Dr humor Nov- micas : nr THEORY AND PitA.cricE. By Mr. Sachchidananda Sixths. At the Caxton Hall, Westminster. Under the......