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" Cornwall Is The Land Of Echoes ; Spirit Echoes

; echoes of the past." In the pages of this new book by Miss Rogers .these echoes can be heard. The author gives many impres- sions of the strange magic of Cornwall and of the......

The Venture Book. By Elinor Mordaunt. (the Bodley Head....

THE touchstone of the quality of travel for Mrs. Elinor Mordaunt (better known as a novelist) is, " Was it won- derful ? " and not " Was it comfortable ? " :- " All is not goldo......

Travel Books

EVERY thoughtful visitor to the Isle of Man should read Miss Herbert's charming book, which, we are glad to see, has been reprinted in a cheaper form, with coloured drawings by......

Some Reference Books

Baedeker's Rhine, 1926 (Fisher Unwin, 15s.), with its one hundred and two maps and plans, is an almost necessary part of the luggage of every intelligent traveller who visits......

How To Write And Sell Short Stories. By R. F.

Foster. (Allen and Unwin. 2s.) A clever booklet. Chapters on plot, structure, and dialogue are excellent, also the advice on marketing short stories, and the author really knows......

Three Diplomats

The Romantic Diplomat—Talleyrand—Metternicii-- Chateaubriand. By Maurice Paloologue. Translated by Arthur Chambers. (Hutchinson. 12s. 6d. ) FRENCHMEN are very good at the......