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Life With Mencken

Happy Days 1880-1892. By H. L. Mencken. (Kegan Paul. 15s.) MR. MENCKEN has among his many charms an attractive taste for pedantry, and if one were to imitate him one might......

Regional England

England is a Village. By C. Henry Warren. (Eyre and Spottis- woode. 7s.6d.) NONE of these books is another England's Green and Pleasant Land. Perhaps the time is not right,......

Close-ups Of Sculpture

THESE are the two latest additions to the Phaidon Series: as usual, very good value. Each has about Igo illustrations, most of them full-page and all of them from expert......