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Fiction

MR. LEO WALMSLEY'S narrative manner is like a grandfather clock. It takes a long time to gather itself up, and, when it does strike, the note is clear and warm and innocent.......

A Garden Of Wisdom

The Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia : Vol. 1. Mankind. (Oxford University Press. 30s.) IT is three centuries all but ten years since Comenius published his Orbis Pictus (hoc est......

Nigerian Society

Ibo Village Affairs. By M. M. Green. (Sidgwick & Jackson. 10s. 6d.) THE village of Umueke is placed in a densely populated area of Southern Nigeria relatively free of European......

Theatrical Yesterdays

The English Theatre. By J. C. Trewin. (Paul Elek. 6s.) MR. TREWIN is one of our most engaging dramatic critics, and in this book he has accomplished a miracle of useful......