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Clothes. By James Laver. (burke. 21s.) Three Elements,...

contends, determine the psychology of fashion. Snob- bery and sex are the most important. Clothes are designed to denote status. In the case of men they now express respecta-......

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Peacocks and Primroses. A Survey of Disraeli's Novels. By Muriel Masefield. (Bles. 21s.) . HAPPILY entitled, scrupulously compiled, this intelligent and pious tribute to Lord......

Gordon Bottomley : Poems And Plays. With An Introduction By

Claude Colleer Abbott. (Bodley Head. 30s.) GORDON Borroauxv has never been the poet of the many; - his plays are too short to make commercial production easy, and his......