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The Tichborne Ca - Se

• By Lord 'Maughani - Lord Maugham's masterly account of The Tichborne Case (Iiodder and Stoughton, 15s.), which for the seven years from 1867 to 1874 intrigued and",exelted .......

What Was His Crime? The .case Of Carl Von Ossietzky

In this short pamphlet (G.ollanez, 6d.) Mrs. Williams-Ellis tells the story of Carl von Ossietzky, the German pacifist, founder of the No *re War inovement, editor of the......

Current Literature

The restoration of the Stuarts proceeds apace. Miss Carols Oman's excellent biography of Henrietta Maria (Hodder and Stoughton, 18s.) brings to life the charming, tragic figure......

Review Of World Trade, 1935 The Failure Of The World

Monetary and Economic Conference in .1933..spelt the abandonment for some time to come of the ' large-scale conference method of attempting to resuscitate world _trade. The......

This Is A Re-issue (cape, 7s. 6d.) . Of Mr. Haig-brown's

story of a Canadian river, with illustrations by Mr. C. F. Tunnicliffe. To say that it should have a wide appeal to juvenile readers docs not mean that adults will not like it.......