13 FEBRUARY 1926, page 21

From The Time When, At Twelve Years Of Age, General

Bramwell Booth was taken by his father into a public house and told, "Willie. these are our people—the people I want you to work for. and bring to Christ,"- to his later years......

This Week's Books

IN England, where in spite of our troubles we still retain the sanity of free speech, Mr. Trotsky's views on our affairs (Where is Britain Going ? George Allen and Unwin, 45.......

:a Book Of The Moment

THE POETRY OF NONSENSE 4 COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE Nete York Times.] • The Poetry of Nonsense. By Emile Cammaerts. (Routledge. • 3s. 6d.) ' IT is the......

• Rhine, When The Romans Came There A Thousand Years

ago. His instinct and sometimes his intelligence is superhuman. A premonition of coming storms enables him to gather his . charges together long before the tempest. In war and :......

An Event Of Interest To Thousands Took Place In London

during this past week—Cruft's Dog Show. Thkee books kir • dog lovers have appeared : Sporting Terriers, their Ilistorry, Training and Management, by Pierce O'Conor, and The......

The Competition

THE Editor offers a prize of £5 for a report, in not more than five hundred words exclusive of quotations, upon ten "Bio- graphies for Beginners "submitted for a previous......