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A Headmaster's Shocker

The Count in Kensington : An exciting story. By Cyril A. Alington. (Herbert Jenkins. 7s. 6d.) THE day when serious people thought it undignified to contribute to popular tastes......

The Magazines

Tan Nineteenth Century opens with an article on War Debt s by Mr. A. Wyatt Tilby, entitled " America Quixote or Shylock ? " For America the writer argues " it was impos- sible......

Mr. Ford—a Franciscan T

To-day and To-morrow. By Henry Ford, (Heinemann. 12s. 6d.) ALTHOUGH some of us are a little bored with accounts of American industrial methods, ,which promise an undoubte(......

The Genius By The Hearth

Joseph Conrad as I Knew Him. By Jessie Conrad. (Heine. mann. 6s..) This book lies properly outside the realm of critical analysis. It is a direct and artless.personal document......