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Shorter Notices

Frontier Doctor. By Urling C. Coe. (Macmillan. 8s. 6d.) THERE is a natural temptation to dismiss this as " just another doctor book." It is that, of course, but it is a good......

Fiction

A Footman for the Peacock. By Rachel Ferguson. (Cape. 85. 6d Moment in Peking is a book to offer with both hands to an person of intelligence. Leaving its occasional defects and......

Finance - And Investment

By CUSTOS THESE are not days when one looks for any great activity in Throgmorton Street. Apart from seasonal influences—which are still at work—there are innumerable other and......

We Have Learned Some Geography During This War, And Shall

therefore be only moderately surprised to discover that the French Colonial Empire is (or should it be was?) larger in population than the British and more than twice as large......

The Rebuilding Of London After The Great Fire. By T.

F. Reddaway. (Cape. as.) BY most people the rebuilding of London after 1666 is vaguely envisaged as an immense administrative muddle, in which great opportunities were thrown......