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The Mind Of The Maker. By Dorothy L. Sayers. ( Methuen.

St, ) MISS DOROTHY SAYERS, whose detective-stories have pleased a large public, here tries to explain the nature of God, conceived in His capacity as Creator, by analogy with......

Shorter Notices

Miss THOMPSON'S new book is an amplification of her endearing Lark Rise, a book that stood out among the many Books-About- the-Country by its truth of tone (as in painting).......

Planning The Stage Wardrobe By Loyce Conyngham-green.

(Nelson. 2S. 6d.) THIS small book on stage-wardrobe is planned as economically as a French housewife plans her weekly housekeeping ; there is always something left over for the......

The London Hospital Medical College Ahi‘d Dental School T...

of London) THE WINTER SESSION opens on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1st The London Hospital remains the headquarters of the Medical SchooL The beds have been reduced from the pre-war......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS IT is a striking commentary on the present mood of the stock markets that the news of a 435,000,000 call-up of Canadian sterling loans, right on the heels of the......

Magic And Divination Is A Baffling And Superficial Book. The

author seems uncertain of what he means by magic. On one page magic is defined " as the attempt to achieve one's end by a consciously abnormal concentration of will-power."......