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Shorter Notices

Towards a Plan for Oxford City. By Laurence Dale. (Faber. 6s.) AT first reading the central proposal of this book will probably strike the Oxonian as utter blasphemy. Even on......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS IT is apparent from the present state of tharkets that investors are badly in need of a fresh lead. When most brokers are reporting that business is down to a half or......

Morning Songs And Other Poems. By Eiluned Lewis....

Miss EILUNED LEWIS, author of Dew on the Grass and The Captain's Wife, has now published a book of poems. In the first half of the bo ok are songs of a young mother to her child......

Paidela, The Ideals Of Greek Culture. By Werner Jaeger....

Translated by Gilbert Higher. (Blackwell. 223. 6d.) THE first volume of this important book was reviewed in these columns on June 16th, 1939. In this second volume Professor......

Less Nonsense. By A. P. Herbert. (methuen. 4s.)

THE Senior Burgess of Oxford University, Petty Officer Herbert, shows that he is in no danger of losing the common touch when he. dedicates his verses to the Mrs. Mores of the......