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Shorter Notice The Greeks And Their Gods. By W..k. C.

Guthrie. (Methuen. 215.) GREEK gods are poetry in themselves and have become part of European literature as constantly recurring symbols. And there is the added interest of the......

Sacred And Profane

THE volume of human emotion excited by military bands and church choirs (of every dericimibatioti) must"- be imrifeasurably greater than that excited by musical noises of any......

F I Ct Ion The Last Pool. By Patrick O'brian. (secker And...

95. 6d.) DR. CRONIN has matured as a novelist. Though some of his early weaknesses remain, The Spanish Gardener is a real step forward in his career. From the beginning he has......