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A Depressing World

The Next Million Years. By Charles Galton Darwin. (Rupert Hart-Davis. 15s.) IT is told of a temporary resident in one of Her Majesty's more luxurious free hostels that, a few......

American Writers Tins Is The Fifth And Last Volume Of

Mr. Van Wyck Brooks' admirable history of American literature from 1800 to 1915. In this volume he covers the period from 1885 to 1915, ending very cogently with what he calls "......