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Rungll - Rungliot. By Rumer Godden. (peter Davies. 8s....

a bungalow in a tea-garden fifteen miles from Darjeeling, Miss Rumer Godden walked on the hills and looked at the Himalayas: "Sometimes I feel my eyes mist get b.g with seeing......

The Orchard And Other Poems. By Francis Andrews. (union Of

Post Office Workers. 2S.) MR. FRANCIS ANDREWS, who incidentally is Editor of The Post, reveals himself in this volume (proceeds from which are in aid of the Second Post Office......

English Inns. By Thomas Burke. (collins. 45. 6d.) William...

wrote about English inns before Thomas. Burke. His verdict, it will be remembered, was that Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh......

Sickert. Edited By Lillian Browse, With An Essay On His

Life and Notes ' on his Paintings and with an Essay on his Art by R. H. Wilenski. (Faber and Faber. 2 is.) LILLIAN BROWSE has written a most admirable concise and informa- tive......

Shorter Notices Mk. .macacav Has Produced A Highly...

book on a subject which has become urgent in view of the Speaker's Con - ference on Electoral Reform He is concerned to prove that the practice of democracy in this country......

• Leonardo Da Vinci : The Artist. By Ludwig Goldscheidcr.

(Phaidon Press. 20S.) THIS excellent book contains about 200 illustrations, including all Leonardo's genuine paintings, as well as numerous others ascribed to him, of which 150......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS THE peak of the tax-gathering season passed, markets are again showing signs of improvement. Although nobody is going to lec out much speculative sail while big......