Of Many Things. By Otto H. Kahn. (jonathan Cape. 18s.
net.)—Great financiers seldom give definite expression to their views on politics and trade, and still more rarely have anything to say about the arts. Mr. Kahn is an exception......
Akbar And The Jesuits. By Father Pierre Du Jarric, S.j.
Translated by C. H. Payne. (Routledge. 12s. 6d.) —Alcbar and the Jesuits is a translation of the Histoire pub- lished at Bordeaux by Father Pierre Du Jarric in the early......
English Men And Manners In The Eight. Eenth Century. By
A. S. Turberville. (Clarendon Press. 10s. net.)—Here is a fascinating pictorial history by a competent scholar, whose text and choice of illustrations are alike excellent. Mr.......
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Hall-Edwards. (Cornish Bros. 2s. net.)—Cancer : Control and Prevention, is a little book by the late Dr. John Hall-Edwards written for the 'purpose "of explaining to the general......
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