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The Economics Of Empire

Survey of British Commonwealth Affairs. Vol. H. Problems of Economic Policy 1918-1939. Part 1. By W. K. Hancock. (Oxford University Press. 1[59.) PROFESSOR HANCOCK'S work is one......

For. Younger Readers—i

The Big Six. Arthur Ransome. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) The Seasons and the Gardener. By H. E. Bates. (Cambridge University Press. 6s.) Caravan Island. By E. H. Young. (Black. 7s. 6d.) The......

Criticism And Faith

The Fall of the Idols. By William Ralph Inge. (Putnam. 8s. 6d.) To one who was a colleague in those quiet days when St. Paul's had finished with its reconditioning, and had not......