12 APRIL 1930, page 54

Two Important Monographs On The Housing Question Are (1)...

on, and Survey of, Housing Conditions in the Borough of Paddington, by Mrs. Barclay and Miss Perry, published by the Westminster Survey Group from the Weardale Press, 26 Gordon......

There Is An Abundance Of Original Ideas For The...

decoration and furnishing of houses in Decorative Art 1930 : The Studio Year Book (The Studio, 7s. 6d.). Although some of us may find the modern utilitarian' Manner of interior......

The Competition

Tax Editor of the Spectator offers a prize of £5 5s. for thS best County StorY. Stories must not exceed two hundr ed worth in length. The Editor' reserves the right to publish......

The Strenuous' Effort That Goes To The Building Up Of

a new industry is reflected in The Letters of Alfred Krupp, edited by W. Berdrow and translated by E. W. Dickes (Gollancz, i25s.). At fourteen Alfred Krupp, in 1826, had to take......

Basing His Narrative Almost Entirely On Original...

tells r -.mind the manifold achievements of Ethan Allen (Constable, 21s.) the • story of the creation of the State of • Vermont. Allen was one of the most remarkable products of......

Some Books Of The Week We Ha* Received The First

two numbers of a new illustrated monthly magazine called U.S.S.R. in Construction, which is published in Russian, English, German and French. The accuracy of reports on the......

.the Cinderella Of The Expeditionary Forces (though Ulti-...

was to be the scene of the beginning Of the end) has naturally not received as 'much attention as has been bestowed on other fronts. But in and around Salonika there was much to......

General Knowledge Questions

Oua weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. William S Barrett, Buelmell, Bicester, Oxon, for the following :- Questions......