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Mr. Galsworthy Does Not Exaggerate In His Foreword When He

says that Mr. Felix Salten's Banibi (Cape, 5s.) is a little masterpiece, written by a poet. To read it makes one much ashamed of those hard-hearted people who murder so many......

Although Doctor John Dolittle Has Now Adventured For A...

of years, the ink in his veins courses as merrily as ever, and he is as lovable as he was in his Post Office days, and pleasanter company than he was last year. In this, the......

Readers Of Dante Who Find Unfailing Delight In His Art,

and who with increasing sympathy regard the pride and passion of his personality, will hardly be satisfied with The New Beatrice, by Gratis Eaton Baldwin (Columbia University......

A Good Many Admirers Of Professor Otto's Idea Of The

Holy—on the whole the most influential book upon religious fundamentals which has appeared in England since the War— will probably suffer a severe disappointment when they......

Some Books Of The Week

Miss REBECCA WEses is so brilliant and provocative a per- sonality that her new book, The Strange Necessity (Jonathan Cape, 10s. 6d.) will be eagerly welcomed. It is not yet the......

The Competition

Tin.: Editor offers a prize of three guineas for the best descrip- tion in verse of a popular English seaside resort at midday on August Bank Holiday. Entries should not be more......

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