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By Order Of The Shah By H. W. And Sidney

I:147 An up-to-date travel book on Iran (lately Persia) is certainly needed, so rapidly have conditions changed in a country which will doubtless soon be on the tourist track.......

All The Ways Of Life By S. P. B. Mais

Mr. Mais has evidently enjoyed writing his memoirs (Hutchinson, los. 6d.) just as he obviously takes a pleasure in broadcasting from the Eng- lish countryside or from America,......

The Story Of The Woodard Schools By K. E. Kirk

When Nathaniel Woodard, then a humble curate opened a day school in one room of New Shoreham vicarage in 1848, he had no money but an abundance of faith. His project was to......

My Fifty Years Of Sport By Charles Van Der Byl

- Major Van der Byl is well known for his vigorous campaign against the trap- ping of fur-bearing animals, That he is no armchair humanitarian may be seen from his racy account......

The Cruise Of The Conrad ' By Alan Villiers

Mr. Villiers' book (Hodder and Stoughton, 20s.) is ' described on the title page as "A Journal of a Voyage round the World, undertaken and carried out in the Ship 'Joseph......

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PROFESSOR DAVID By M. E. David The late Sir Edgeworth : David, whose career has been described by his daughter, Miss David, in a very readable volume (Arnold, 12s. 6d.), was a......