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The Lone Monarch. By Guy Boustead. (the Bodley Head. 15s.)

THE title of this book is by no means inaccurate as a descrip- tion of George III. He was indeed a lonely man, not only 23 the representative of a decaying ideal, but also......

Shorter Notices

My Name is Million. (Faber. 8s. 6d.) THESE necessarily anonymous experiences of an Englishwoman during the Polish war would have shocked the English public much more six months......

Ego 4. By James Agate. (harrap. As.)

IN contrast to the author of whom H. G. Wells complained, " It's all very well, but you only lay one bantam's egg every two years," Mr. Agate continues, in inimitably slick,......

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When the Whippoorwill. By Marjorie Kinnan Rwailings. (Heine- mann. 8s.) IN Star of Satan (written, and published in France, before The Diary of a Country Priest), M. Bernanos......