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Allen : The Musician And The Man

SIR HUGH ALLEN, as Dr. Bailey remarks in his preface, was "a great man, who had a profound influence on his generation." Historians may still over-rate the importance of......

Greco-roman Egypt

Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest. A Study in the Diffusion and Decay of Hellenism. Being the Gregynog Lectures for 1946 by H. Idris Bell. (Oxford University......

General' Weygand In The War

The Role of General Weygand. Conversations with His Son. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 12s. 6d.) THIS book consists almost entirely of General Weygand's replies to the questions of......