Like Hawkins And Drake To The Spaniards, No Two Men
seem to have struck the Romans with more real terror than Hamilcar and Hannibal, his greater son—the most formidable • menaces that (till later ages) the Roman commonwealth ever......
• Miss F. L. Turner Is Becoming Known As A
trustworthy observer of bird,life and a writer on nature refreshingly simple and unaffected. She must be tired of being referred to as the one-time loneliest woman in England,"......
Mrs. Thorp's Verses (the Cayme Press, 5s.) Are Unequal. In
this particular she is indeed in good company—of what poet may not the same be said ? " The Hope of a Caged Lark " soars to our minds above her other pieces. The poor bird who "......
A Salade De Saison Should Be Dressed Not More Than
ten minutes before its consumption with one-third vinegar (wine vinegar, of course) to two-thirds oil, freshly ground pepper and salt. Monsieur X. Marcel Boulestin and Mr. Jason......
Specialists In Jacobite History Will Like To Know That Mi.
Duncan Warrand has edited a fourth volume of More Culloden Papers (Inverness : R. Carruthers, 15s.), drawri from the correspondence of Duncan Forbes of Culloden, the Lord......
Mr. Ralph Nevill Has Written His Best Book In The
Gay Victorians (Nash and Grayson, 21$.), and his best is very good as his worst is—not so good. We have found, in previous volumes by Mr. Nevill, occasional inaccuracies and-......
Some Books Of The Week
DURING the past month the books most in. demand at the Times Book Club have been :— - FICTION :--Shepherds in Sackcloth, by Sheila Kaye-Smith ; Her Privates We, by Private 19022......
As An Example Of The Popular Fiction Of A Century
ago, when the Spectator was young, John Roby's Traditions of Lanca- shire (Warne, 7s. 6d.) is not without interest. This volume is a reprint, with the romantic illustrations, of......
The Competition
EVERYBODY is talking about the Italian Pictures. The Editor therefore offers a prize for the most entertaining or illuminating comment on them, or anecdote referring to them,......
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