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Lions As Pets

Lions on Trust. By Cleland Scott. (Michael Joseph. 12s. 6d.) MANY of us have our own special hobbies, some favouring dogs, others cage birds or carnations. One has even met......

Housman The Man

A Buried Life. Personal Recollections of A. E. Housman. By Percy Withers. (Cape. i s .1 THE combination of scholar and poet is in itself hardly frequent. and when the......

A Poem By Mr. Eliot

East Coker. By T. S. Eliot. (Fabpr. To say that Mr. Eliot's latest poem is characteristic may serve equally well for commendation or censure. He has a true poetic sensibility,......

Stalin And Socialism

Stalin's Russia and the Crisis in Socialism. By Max Eastman. (Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d.) ANYONE who still thinks of Stalinist Russia as a model for this country to follow, and......