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Feminine Fashion

The Woman in Fashion. By Doris Langley Moore. (Batsford. 255.) THIS is a capital book. It supplies a genuine addition to our know- ledge and understanding of period costume. The......

Deanery Comments

The Diary of a Dean. By the Very Rev. W. R. Inge. (Hutchinson. 2 Is.) WHAT seems likely to be Dr. Inge's last book (" I am in my ninetieth year, and hope soon to be at rest ")......

Neptune With Cherubs

On the Making of Gardens. By Sir George Sitwell, with a Preface I , Sir Osbert Sitwell. (Droprnore Press. les.) " To many excellent people who take a gloomy view of life,......