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Some Books Of The Week.

[Natio, in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The National Beriete for August has an instructive article by Mr. F. A. W. Osborne on " The Recoil of......

Readable News S. Breath. By Robert Simpson.

(Hodder and Stoughton. 8s. 6d. net.)---Mr. Robert Simpson's pictures of Africa are always distinguished. In the present instance he deals with Southern Nigeria, and he does not......

Poets And Poetry.

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN POETRY.—II. Ix the article that appeared last week in this column we endeavoured to show the connexion between the failure of......

Passing By. By - Maurice Baring. (martin Seeker. 7s. 6d....

—Considering Mr. Maurice Baring's usual method of writing, we must confess that the " 011endorfian " touch with which the Diary of Godfrey Mellor is given is a naturalistic tour......

Fiction.

Signs and Wonders. By J. D. Beresford. (The Golden Cockerel Press. 5s. net.)—In this little book—an example of the production of the Golden Cockerel Press—Mr. J. D. Beresford......