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The Joys Of A Diverted Attention

The Little World. By Stella Benson. (Macmillan. Ss. 6d. net.) AT Hanoi, Miss Benson once came upon a Chinaman, " with an expression, as it were, sheeted in religious fervour,......

A Woman Of The World

Princess Lieven. By Harold Temperley. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) WE are very fortunate in that the Lieven papers have been edited by Mr. Harold Temperley whose temperate opinions and......

An Old Anglo-american Controversy

Great Britain and the American Civil War. By E. D. Adams. 2 vols. (Longman. 30s. net.) Tim belief that the British Government under Palmerston and Russell was unfriendly to the......