The Late Mr. A. Hadrian Alleroft Was An Accomplished And
enthusiastic archaeologist who was specially interested in prehistoric earthworks and trackways and loved the South Downs. His intimate knowledge of Sussex is well displayed in......
As A Young Man William Windham Cultivated The Friend- Ship
of Dr. Jolmson, who had known his father. He sat by the bedside of the aged man of genius, lonely then and battling against mortal illness and the fear of death. Boswell was......
-the Words Ad Facinus Militare Damilabiliter Promptus...
written by the mediaeval chronicler of Dr. Sidney Spencer Broomfield, the author of Kachalola (Peter Davies, 10s. 6d.), so more apt was he to war than to diplomacy with the......
The Day Schools Of England, By Ronald Ginner (dent, 35.
6d.), is addressed primarily to those who believe that the day school must be a second best." Taking the worse half of his task first, Mr. Gurner compares day schools with......
When Mr. Gladstone's Surviving Executor Presented To The...
a few months ago the mass of his father's important papers, the Times published a series of eight selections from them. These have been reprinted as a small book, The Gladstone......
Some Books Of The Week
DURING the past month the books most in demand at the Times Book Club have been :— NoN-FicrioN : The Apple Cart, by George Bernard Shaw ; The Kangehenjunga Adventure, by F. S.......
Mr. Cecil Jane, Who Recently Published In The " Argonaut
" series a translation of the narratives of Columbus's voyages, has now begun for the Hakluyt Society a new edition of Major's Select Documents Illustrating the Four Voyages of......
The British Broadcasting Corporation Has Issued From...
one shilling a second pamphlet of Broadcast English. Mr. Lloyd James sets out the recommendations of the Corporation to its " announcers " upon the pronunciation of English......
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