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Solitary Passenger ?

Alfred Loisy. By M. D. Petre. (Cambridge University Press. 7s. 6d.) IN this, the last book we shall have from her, Maude Petre describes herself (as reported by her editor) as......

Germany's Spiritual Vacuum

KLAUS MANN tried to start his literary career without giving his real name, as he did not wish to trade on the fame of his father, Thomas Mann. But his publisher would not allow......

Fiction

Being Met Together. By Vaughan Wilkins. (Jonathan Cape. Jos. 6 1.) Laura. By Vera Caspary. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 8s. 6d.) IN a period of dullness such as fiction is at present......

Looking Back At China

China, My China. By Harold B. Rattenbury. (Frederick Muller. 15s.) Tins is a pleasantly written book of reminiscences by the author of Understanding China, an observant and......