9 MARCH 1929

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[ON Tuesday the nomination of the ten members of...]

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News of the Week O N Tuesday the nomination of the ten members of 0 President Hoover's Cabinet was confirmed. By far the most important office is, of course, that of Secretary...

[It is suggested that the Secretariat might issue a Report...]

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It is suggested that the Seerclariat migllt issue a e-port every year or half-year, giv-ing details, an(l this is probably the best that can le done at present. We are gla(l to...

[A thorough examination of the post-War means of...]

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A thorough examination of the post-War meaws of protecting racial minorities was long overdue. The Council of the League of Nations is sifting the genuine and the spurious from...

[The Secretary of the Treasury is again Mr. Andrew...]

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The Secretary of the Treasuyl is again SMr. Atidrew Mellon. He is in many ways an i(leal head ot the Treasutrv because lhe is an acceptable link between the Government and "...

[This point must be emphasized because it is often...]

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This point must be emphasized because it is often t quite wrongly assumed that because Mr. Hoover has spent t a great many years of his life out of America he has c become...

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KNIGHT'S GAMBIT. By Guy Pocock.

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KNIGHT'S GAMBIT. . By Guy Pocoek. (Dent. .s. Gd.) -This is a sympathetic study of a boy whomi the War grips at a transitional period of his life, 1iiheli he is too outing to...

THE FOUR GRACES. By Riclmal Crompton.

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THE FOUR GRACES. By Riclunal Cromlpton. (Hlodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)-Miss Crompton could nevcr be unreadable; but The Four Graces, while containing many true and vital...

WE ARE THE DEAD. By Ann Reid.

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WE ARE THE DEAD. By Ann Reid. (Constable. 6s.) -Ella Burns, the youngest and last-left child of an agemng pair, was jealously and cravingly reared in " gentility " by a...

SCARLET GABLES. By Catharine Dodd.

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SCARLET GABLES. By Catharine Dodd. (Jarrol~ds. 7s. 6d.)-Miss Dodd's latest book is unfortunately no iml)rovement on its predecessors. It is, as the pulblishers claim, " a...

PAUL FERROLL. By Mrs. Archer Clive.

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PAUL FERROLL. By Mrs. Archer Clive. (The Scholartis Press. 7s. 6d.)-Here we have a reproduction of a nineteenth century best-seller. Its author, who was also a poetess, is...

LIKE SHADOWS ON THE WALL. By W. B. Maxwell.

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LIKE SHADOWS ON THE WALL. By..MaxwcI1. (Hutchinson. 7s. Od.)-In this volunmc of short stories Mr. Maxwell provides a companion to his Children of the Night. Most of the tales...

THE BRIDE ADORNED. By D. L. M. Murray.

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THE BRIDE ADORNED. By D. L. M. Murray. (Con- stable. 7s. 6d.)-Mr. Murray's story of the last days of the Pope-ruled States of the Church is too tightly packed to mnake easy...

GOOD GESTES. By Percival Christopher Wren.

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GOOD GESTES. By Pcrcival Christopher Wren. (Murray. 7s. 6d.)-Clean, breezy romance, enlivened by the broadest of humour, again characterizes Mr. Wren's work, and admirers of...

CRAZY DAYS. By Martin Bruce.

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CRAZY DAYS. By Martin Bruce. (IIunst and Blackett. 7s. 6d.)-Crazy Days can be compared to Mr. Silas P. Wadheimer's verdict on Society life in England--" it's all top and no...

BROWN ON RESOLUTION. By C. S. Forester.

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BROWN ON RESOLUTION. By C. S. Forester. (John Lane. 7s. 6d.)-Mr. Forester, who has no trade-mark as a novelist, and has achieved success in many gallantexperiments, has again...

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Tha Privy Council of England in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 1603-1784. By Edward Raymond Turner.

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The Privy Council Tha Privy Council of England 'in the- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 1603-1784. By Edward Raymond; Turner. (H. Milford. 2 vols. 7 35s. each.) IN the...

Art and Civilization. Essays arranged and edited by F. S. Marvin and A. F. Clutton-Brock. The Unity Series. VIII.

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Art and Social Progress Art and Civilization. Essays arranged and edited by F. S. Marvin and A. F. Clutton-Broek. The Unity Series. VIII, (Oxford University Press. l2s. id.)...

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[The postponed List of New Year Honours was pub-...]

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The postponed List of lNew Year Iloniour's was pub- lished in the papers of Friday, MarchI st, and was notablc for the manv distinctions conferred on wonmen. There are threc...

[The legal decision that the Betting Tax cannot be...]

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The legal decision that the Bettinig Tax cannot be recovered from a club which has installed a Totalisator is startling and is bound to change the whole method of taxation. A...

[He told the deputation that when boys and girls...]

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lie told the deputation that when boys and girls answered foreign advertisements of indecent publications, and these publications were discovered in the post, the Hoome Office...

[This time he has promised that if the nation will return...]

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This time he has promised that if the nation will return the Liberal Party t& power, "The work put in hand will reduce the terrible figures of the workless in the course of a...

[On Tuesday Sir William Joynson-Hicks received a...]

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On Tuesday Sir William Joynson-Hicks received a deputation from the London Public Morality Council which advocated the prohibition of the sale of indecent literature to persons...

[No Government could be safely entrusted with a...]

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No Government could be safely entrusted 'with a censorship. It must be remembered that a censorship could not in practice be extremely strict, vet when once a book had been "...

[The famous German art expert, Dr. Wilhelm von...]

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The famous German art expcrt, Dr. Willhelii von Bode, who was formerly General Director of Prussiai Museums, died on Friday, March 1st, at the age of 83. To Englishmen his name...

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Mr. Hoover's First Inaugural

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Mr. Hoover's First Inaugural PRESIDENT HOOVER'S First Inaugural Address, on Monday, laid the foundations of what is expected from him-a dynamic period of "getting things...

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["When God wants a hard thing done He tells it to His...]

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I ' When God wants a hard thing done He tells it to His Englishmen." Milton's magnificent words, quoted by Mr. Baldwin in a debate on the Simon Commission, occur to us Igain in...

[FROM the green scum on a dank garden path to Solomon...]

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- -Some --Books - of-- the- --Week- I 4FRO.M the green scum on a dank garden path to Solomon in all his glory, from the tree to the tiger, from the swarming jpillions of germs...

[Mr. Donn Byrne wrote romances, some of them about...]

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Mr. Donn Blvrne wrote roniances, some of them al}'mt Ireland, all of them with an Irish temper, in a very pleasant. English style. Lie had lived most of his life in America....

[Mr. C. Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur on behalf of...]

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I Mr. C. Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur on behalf of the British Museum have rightly attracted much attention. The significance of his results will be made clear by his...

[The Cambridge Ancient History pursues its majestic course and...]

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* The CanirIdgeAnclefit History Pursues its majestic course and 1ith the seventh volume now published (Cambridge University Press, 37s. ¢d.) reaches the Hellenistic monarchies...

[Colonel Lionel James' reminiscences of his life as a war-...]

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Colonel Lionel James' reminiscences of his life as a %vtr- correspondent (High Pressure, Murray, 12s.) take us into in almost bygone age, when the gentlemen of the Press too*;...

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Wages. By Maurico Dobb. The British Workman Past and Present. By the Rev. M. C. F. Morris. The Story of Trade Unionism. By Robert M. Rayner. Trade Union Documents. Compiled and Edited by W. Miln Bailey. Year-Book of Agricultural Co-operation in the British Empire. Edited by the Horace Plunkett Foundation.

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Labour Problems Wages. By Maurico Dobb. (Xisbot. 5s.) The British Workman Past and Present. By 11' R.?v. M. (. F. Morris. (Oxford University Presqs. as.) The Story of...

The French Revolution. By Albert Mathiez.

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A New View of the French Revolution The French Revolution. By Albert Mathiez. (Williams and Norgate. 21s.) Tlhe appearance of M. Mlathiez' important volume The French...

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[Dr. Dorsay, whose Why We Behave Like Human Beings...]

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Dr. Dorsay, whose khNy We Behave Like Human Beinos I was so popular both here and in the United States, has furnished a sequelthereto in Hows and Whys of Human Belawviour...

[Mr. George Bernard Shaw, we hope, is merely at the...]

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Mr. George Bernard Shaw, we hope, is merely at the | beginning of his career as a writer. The Bernard ShA= Dictionary and Bibliography (A. and C. Black, 10s. 6d.), compiled by...

[It is difficult enough to strike the happy medium between...]

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More Books of the Week (Continuedfrom page 891.) It is difficult enough to strike the happy medium between the somewhat abstruse writings of specialized economic journals and...

[An ancient Yorkshire family intermarried with Highland...]

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An ancient Yorkshire family intermarried with Highland I chiefs is commemorated id The Fortunes of a Family, which Lady Macdonald of the Isles has'printed privately (Leeds:...

[Everyone interested in the transport question will profit...]

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Everyone interested in the transport question will profit by reading Mr. Christopher T. Brunner's able little book Road zer&us Rail (Ernest Benn, 2s. 6d.), in which he states...

[The Hohenzollerns (Allen and Unwin, 18s.) is a disappointing...]

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The Hohenzollerns (Allen and Unwin, l8s.) is a disappointing I book. Herr Eulenberg, the author, had an important subject, but -he does not enliven it by his style, if we may...

[Some lively if disconnected impressions of West Africa are...]

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Some lively if disconnected mpressions of West Africa arm given by Mr. A. J. Reynolds in his -new book, From the IJvor Coast to the Cameroons (Knopf, 12s. 6d.). He has visite...

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MONEY AND MARKETS.

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Financial Notes MONEY AND MARKETS. 1 HAVE dealt in a leading article elsewhere with the fall i, high-class investment securities which has been the outstaiiding feature of the...

Finance-Public and Private

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Finance-Public and Private - I --.;a Fall in Investment Stocks SINcE my article of three weeks ago on the Bank Rate appeared in the columns of the Spectator, there has been an...

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IS NATURE CRUEL?; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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IS NATURE CRUEL? [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.1 SIR,-Mr. Massingham, having given a very inadequate definition of cruelty, proceeds to show, to his own satisfaction, that "...

HUMANE CASTING FOR JEWISH SLAUGHTER; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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HUMANE CASTING FOR JEWISH SLAUGHTER [To the Editor of the SPECTATORI.] Sim,-I have read with great interest your art ile of January 5th, referring to the Humane Casting for...

THE HOUSING PROBLEM; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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THE HOUSING PROBLEM [To the Editor.of the SPEcTAroR.I SIB,- - As Chairman of a Utility Siocietv which has up to tVie present been able to provide forty-six houses, but whipli...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Mr. MIassingham's very interesting and thoughtful article takes no notice of the striking ease of the 'cruel" instincts of the cat. It...

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THE PAYMENT OF GOLF CADDIES; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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THE PAYMENT OF GOLF . CADDIES [To the Editor of the SPrCTATO- --- SIB,-Some years -ago I Played at Pourville, near Diepp9. There the caddies,--boys of school ige, were paid a...

Vision

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Poetry Vision AT morning from the coldness of Mount Brandon The sail is blowing halfway to the light, And islands are so small a man may carry Their yellow crop in one cart at...

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Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria: A Biography. By Joseph Redlich.

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Last of the Old School Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria: A Biography. By Josephi Redlich. (Macmillan. 21s.) "You see in me the last European monarch of the old school,'...

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[The "Secret Treaty" has been proved a forgery, both...]

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Thc Secret Treaty " has been proved a forgery, both " Treaty " and " Interpretations " having been coolly borrowed from the text of a pre-War agreement between Franee antl...

[The intrusion into the struggle of powerful Roman...]

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The intrusion into the struggle of powerful Roman Catholic elements shows that old grievances are soon raked up when rebellion is abroad, and confirms the impression that...

[That some such guarantee was necessary, no one will...]

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That some such guarantee was necessary, no one will deny, but when the future was left in the hands of the League, it wpas seen that to'give to the minorities themselves the...

[Mexico, which has remained comparatively quiet...]

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Mexico, which has remained comparatively quiet since the assassination of General Obregon, is once more the sport of rival factions. Last Sunday a revolt against the Federal...

[President Cosgrave has taken strong action against...]

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President Cosgrave has taken strong action against the Republican terrorists in the Free State. For some time the secret organizations have been intimidating jurors and...

[Last week we wrote upon the desirability of the right...]

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Last week we wrote upon the desirability of the right kind of political salesmanship, but we did not expect to see so startling an example of the kind of salesmanship which...

[The South African House of Assembly approved the...]

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The South African House of Assembly approved the Germ-an Trade Treaty by a small enough m'ajority. On Monday a motion by one 'of the dissident Labbur members for reference of...

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR,-As one who, through the twenty-five ycars or so during which he has been a regular reader of the Spectator, has always looked upon your...

FAIR PLAY FOR GREECE; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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FAIR PLAY FOR GREECE [To the Editor of the SPrCTATOR.] SiR,--During the last twelve months three terrible catastrophes have befallen Greece: the Corinth earthquake, the...

POINTS FROM LETTERS

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POINTS FROM LETTERS TnF: OI.D-EN.SII IBLACK RAT? Would vou allow mc the courtesy of a little space to ask whether any of your readers know any remaining strongholds of the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-The interpolation of r between the vowel a and a foUlowing vowel is due to the position of the tongue. English people bring the tongue up...

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On Wings of Corrugated Iron

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On Wings of Corrugated Iron SIX people wait in a restaurant overlooking a large field, and pray for wind. The cold dusk of a January morning at eight o'clock has given way to...

Woman's Part in British Farming

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Woman's Part in British Farming THOSE of us who trouble to have a good look through T the %windows of the railway carriage when we return to England from the Continent, or who...

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The Magazines

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The Magazines LORD OL.IVIER writing in the Contemporary discusses " The British Trust in Africa." We have had, he reminds his readers, expansive Government reports upon...

HEDYLUS. By H. D. (Blackwell. 6s.)

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Fiction HEDYLUS. By H. D. (Black-well. 6s.)- -This is as elaborately wrought study of an Athenian hetaera, Hedvle, supposed to be of high intellectual quality, and her SOD...

The Oresteia of Aeschylus. Translated by Gilbert Murray.

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Dramas of Retribution The Oresteia of Aeschylus. Translated by Gilbert Murray. (Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d.). IT is a hard task to translate Aeschylus. 'When Professor Gilbert...

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The World Crisis--The Aftermath. By the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, C.H., M.P.

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Mr. Churchill on the Peace The World Crisis--The Aftermath. By the Rt.. Ion. Winston S. Churchill, C.H., M.P. (Thornton Butterworth. 30s.) Tills is a great book. It should...

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Trails of the Hunted. By James L. Clark.

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Big Game and Brigands Trails of the Hunted. By Juinos L. Clar-k. (('I lttto and(I 1\ihl,11,. 21s.) MR. CLARK is head of a department of the Arnerieani Mluseum of Natural...

Raiders of the Deep. By Lowell Thomas

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- Periscope- and -Torpedo Raiders of the Deep. By. LoeUll . Thomas. (Heineinann. 10s. 6d.) TIIE submarine 'U 20' that sank the Lusitania Wan a happy ship, loud with laughter...

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GERMAN REPARATIONS; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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GERM1AN- REPARATIONS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--Is Germany to earn money for Reparation payments by competing with us in shipping and other branches of trade ? How...

IN DEFENCE OF THE FAITH; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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Letters to the Editor IN DEFENCE OF THE FAITH [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,--The article in last Saturday's issue bears a remarkable contrast to the faith of the...

THE REAL PROBLEM OF REPARATIONS; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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THE REAL PROBLEM OF REPARATIONS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,- Once more a Committee of Experts has assembled in Paris for the purpose of adjusting the Reparations...

ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-- To many of your readers Mr. John Strachey's article in your issue this week must have caused surprise and...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SI,-- The phrase " Freedom of the Seas " causes a great deal of misconception and misunderstanding. " International law of sea-borne trade"...

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CAMBRIDGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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CA MBRIDGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Your Cambridge correspondent is far too optimistic in suggesting that the Cambridge Preservation Society...

THE WORKS OF DONNE; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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THE WORKS OF DO-NNE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-With reference to the review of the works of Donne, in the Spectator, (February 23rd), I would ask-is there reliable...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-'Mr. Emanuel's letter under the above heading (Spectator, February 23rd), gives an incorrect picture of the facts, with which I have had...

ENGLISH UNDEFILED; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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ENGLISH UNDEFILED [To thle Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-With reference to the remarks of your contributor in your issue of February 16th, concerning English Undefiled, there...

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B.F.C.-NEW CAPITAL.

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B.F.C.- -NE:A CAPITAr,. T'ite at(i,, annual report of the British. Foreign and Colonial ( torporation, of which Mr. F. A. Szarvasy is chairman, shows f uirlther expansion in...

SCOTTISH WIDOWS.

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SCOTTISH WIDOWS. The favourable impression produced by the directors' report, to which I referred fully in last week's Spectator, wag amply confirmed by the speech of the...

SELFRIDGE MEETING.

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SELFRIDGE MEETING. A, wvith the railways, so with the big stores, prosperity is hr.nrelv linked with the prosperity of the country as a whole, ausd in a very- interesting...

BRITANNIC ASSURANCE.

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BRITANNIC ASSUtRANCEr. 'ihe annual report of the Britannic Assurance Company slhows further p)rogress, the total funds (exclusivc of paid up ca)ital) having increased by...

AN INDISPENSABLE WORK.

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Ax INDISPENSABLE WORK. U The 1929 edition of Thee Stock Exchange Official IntcilifljcCE which is issued by the Stock Exchange-will be published March 25th. The 1927 and 1928...

AFRICAN AND EASTERN.

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AFRICAN AND EASTERN. I Quite an interesting feature of the past week's markets has been the further rise in the shares of African and Eastern Corporation. Only a few months ago...

REFUGE ASSURANCE.

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REFUGE ASSU-RAN-CE. | A year ago the Refuge Assurance Co. published a report showing some record figures as regards assets and preniium income, but in the Report which was...

UNDERGROUND RAILWAY PROGRESS.

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UNDERGROUND RAILWAY PROGRESS. I The story of success unfolded at the recent meeting of the Underground group of railways, headed by the Metropolitan District, made it the more...

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Christianity and the Government of India. By Arthur Mayhew. India-Stepmother. By Sir Claudo Hill.

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Christianity and Government Christianity and the Government of India. By Arthur Mayhew. (Faber and Gwyer. 12s. (Gd.) bdlaaStepmother. By Sir Claudo Hill. (Blackwood. 12s....

The Tempestuous Prince. By E. M. Butlor.

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A Famous Fortune-Hunter The Tempestuous Prince. By E. M. Butlor. (Longmans, Groon. 12s. 6d.) "PRINCE PiUCICLER MUSKAr,' said the Wfestminster Reviewc in 1832, " what a name...

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The Ordeal of This Generation. By Professor Gilbert Murray.

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The -World's Two Paths The Ordeal of This Generation. By Professor Gilbert Murray. (Allen and Unwin. 4s. 6d.) A LEADING contemporary scholar once said regarding Professor...

The Life of a Sea Officer. By Jeffrey, Baron de Raigersfeld, Yarns of a Kentucky Admiral. By Admiral Sir Hugh Rodman,

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Admirals All The Life of a Sea Officer. By Jeffrey, Baron de Raigersfeld, 4Cassells. 10s. 6d.) Yarns of a Kentucky Admiral. By Admiral Sir Hugh Rodman, (Hopkinson. 1&s.)...

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Petrol and Monopoly

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Petrol and Monopoly THE rise in the price of petrol-the immediate result T of the addition of a new member to the ring of oil companies-has caused an outburst of...

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A Roman Frontier

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A Roman Frontier H E must be a prosaic and an uimimaginati e Person, H indeed, who is not moved as lie gazes ulpjon1 what remains of the Emperor Hadrian's W\all, built some...

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The Canterbury Tales. By Geoffrey Chaucer. With wood engravings by Eric Gill.

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" The Lark's Song First" The Canterbury Tales. By Geoffrey Chaucer. With wood engravings by Eric Gill. a {{. H A (Golden Cockerel Press. 2 Vols. 6 Guineas.) TuE unscholarly...

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The Week in Parliament

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The Week in Parliament -HIIE debate 'on the Army Estimates last week degenerated 'as usual into a rambling 'discussion about 'disarmament. There was little in the way of...

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Life and Work of Sir Norman Lockyer. By T. Mary Lockyer and Winifred Lockyer, with the assistance of Professor H. Dingle and contributions by Dr. Charles E. St. John, Professor Megh Nad Saha, Sir Napier Shaw, Professor H. N. Russell, the Rev. J. Griffith, Sir Richard Gregory and Professor A. Fowler.

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A Famous Man of Science Life and Work of Sir Norman Lockyer. By T. Mary Lockyer and Winifred Lockyer, with the assistance of Professor H. Dingle and contributions by Dr....

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Pilgrimage. By Austin Clarke. Holy-Rood, A Garland of Modern Scots Poems.

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Poems of Ireland and Scotland Pildrimage. Bv Austin Clarke. (Allen nlnl Unwirn. 3a. Gd.) Holy-Rood, A Garland of Modern Scots Poems. (Dent. (is.) ESSEN-l.ALLY a poet of...

The unemployed: Old Policies and New. By Ronald C. Davison.

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Problems of the Workless The UnemployedQ : Old Policies and New. By Ronald C. Davison. (Longmans. 1Os. 6d.) N-ENpLoymw'T is, for good or ill, a major issue in British...

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TENDENCIES IN MODERN SCULPTURE.

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Art TENDENCIES IN MODER-N SCULPTUrE. THErE is a growing interest in the art of sculpture in these enlightened days and a growing activity of sculptors to meet that interest....

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In Defence of the Faith

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In Defence of the Faith Evolution and Revealed Religion -[The writer, Dr. Raven, is a Canon of Liverpool Cathedral aged -Chaplain to the King. He is the author of The Creator...

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Motors and Motoring

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Motors andt-Motonig - : ;w i~~~~Ol- n* lex;g N The Moderdi M-otor --Car1S e Spceia , eat utes PROGRESS In motor design and construction' has been very rapid ding the last few...

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The League of Nations

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The League of Nations The Permanent Court of Justice at the Hague RE\VISION- OF STATUTES. The statutes of the Permanent Court of International Justice are being revised, and...

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[EXHIBITION OF OLD ENGLISH PLATE. 25 PARK LANE.]

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[EXHIlITION OF OLD INfAI.IT[f 1Lf.TE. 25 PARK LANE.] TInF exhibition of Old English Plate, which is being held at the house of Sir Philip Sassoon in Park Lane, is in ail of the...

[THE PAUL GUILLAUME GALLERY. 73 GROSVENOR STREET.]

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[Tjii.., Pkui. Gumi-kumi, 73 (;ItOs%-]-'-.,-Olt STREET.] Tnli exhibition of pictures by Mr. D)uncan Grant. now on view at the Paul Guillaume Gallery, is made up of works...

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A Finished Frenchman

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A Finished Frenchman 1 N the spring of the year 1778, a young man from MPeigord, called Joseph Joubert, found his way to Paris, with an introduction to that extraordinary...

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Selected Poems. By Ezra Pound. Edited with an Introduction by T. S. Eliot. Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems. By Edith Sitwell. Invocations to Angels and the Happy New Year. By Edgell Rickword. The Thracian Stranger and Other Poems. By Edward Thompson. Thirty-Two Poems. By E. R. Dodds.

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Unconstitutional Poetry Selected Poems. BNr Ezra Poiun(. E7dited with an Introduction by ¶1'. S. Eliot. (Faber and Gwyer. 7s. 6d.) Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems. By...

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Six Years Out of Work and How I Have Fared

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Six Years Out of Work and How I Have Fared [The writer of this article is an unemployed shipyard labourcr on the Tyne. We print his poignant story without alteration.Ed....

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A LETTER FROM PARIS.; [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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Correspondence A LETTER FROM PARIS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S =,-There are rough seas ahead for the French Government, and one may wonder if even M. Poincar6's...

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Great Short Biographies of the World. Edited by Barret H. Clark.

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The Art of Biography Great Short Biographies of the World. Edited by Barret H. Clark. (Heinemaiui. 3s. 6d.) O.NE may risk the accusation of having uttered a banalityor, on...

Kitchen Ranging. By Pearl Adam. Five Hundred Sandwiches. By Florence A. Cowles.

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Cook's Tours in the Kitchen Kitchen Ranging. By Pearl Adam. (Cape. los. (d.) Five Hundred Sandwiches. By Florence A. Cowles. ---I --- 11'! -__ 4. - I (Cliatto and Windus....

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The Truth Behind the News. 1918-1928. By George Seldes.

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Propaganda and the Press The Truth Behind the News. 1918-1928. By George Seldes. (Faber and Gwyer. 18s.) Is- these days when propaganda is king it is difficult to imagine a...