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Enthusiast

The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. By John Dickson Carr. (Mur- ray. 18s.) MR. JOHN DICKSON CARR, ingenious detective-story writer that he is, chooses to make of his biography......

Not So Good Earth

" AND your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste ; then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths .. . because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it." Mr.......

" To Live Uprightly "

De La Salle : A Pioneer of Modern Education. By W. J. Battersby. (Longman s. 12s. 6d.) MucH of De La Salle is interesting for almost the opposite reason to its sub-title, A......