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The Reconciliation Between Italy And The Papacy Is One Of

the great events of our time—as memorable as it was unex- pected. How it came about and what it implies are clearly explained in an excellent book, The Pope is King, by an un-......

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The Institute of Social and Religious Research, organized in 1921, is responsible for a study of rural immigration in the United States (immigrant Farmers and their Children)......

There Were Giants In Socialism Before Karl Marx. Their...

that of many persons to-day—meant a condition of affairs which ought to be established, an ideal towards which reality was to be moulded. Communism thus postulated implies a......

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Those who may wish to refresh their minds on the Minorities question before the forthcoming discussion at the League Assembly cannot do better than read Danger Zones of Europe :......

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The Gytrash of Gocahland (Selwyn and Blount, 5s.) is the recreation of a scholar, who knows his country and the legends attached to it, and has not scrupled to build afresh upon......

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All who are interested in educational problems, and especially those concerned with the teaching of religion to young children, should read the essays of Dr. Montessori now......

Some Books Of The Week Interpretations Of The Symbolism Of

Blake go busilyforward ; each as a rule cancelling out that which came immediately before. Mr. Denis Saurat, however, in his beautifully pro- duced volume, Blake and Modern......