This Week's Books
ARNOLD BENNErr writes a preface to the entertaining 'es of articles which " Quex " of the Evening News has blished under the title of London Town (Partridge. 7s. 6d.). . Nichols......
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the extra-European world in general has never been very marked in France, though the . popularity of Kipling shows that for some time past the public has been tempted further......
This Series Of Impressionistic Sketches Is Written With...
intelligence (Morand's major quality), the same eye for colour, and the . same significant detail as in Ouvert la Nuit. Especially brilliant and already much belauded is the......
Our Paris Literary Correspondent Writes : No Book Any Of
the half-dozen foremost French writers appeared since the dead season, but M. Andre de's account of his African experiences is awaited with ..-:finterest. The first- part......
Young Islam On Trek, By Mr. Basil Mathews (edinburgh
• use Press, 2s.), is " a study in the clash of civilizations." e commend the subject matter, but not the style, which es a sickly burden of adjectives. Twenty-one epithets the......
It Is Sad To Remember—and " Ian Hay's " Brilliant
short ac- t of his visit to Gallipoli, called The Ship of Remembrance odder and Stoughton, 2s.) recalls the fact—that the River de,' once beached under the terrible cliffs of......
One Can't Go Far Wrong In Buying Sport And Fun,
by Stuart Menzies (Jenkins), for half a crown. It has dreds of coloured pictures and a lot of laughs : the best about the barber who went mad and shingled the Welch iliers'......
Two Pamphlets On Oversea Subjects Have Our Cordial...
(British Empire Educational Press, , 180 Mansion House Chambers, E.C. fid.) is the first ' a series of historical biographies for the use of schools. e idea is an excellent one......
The Most Remarkable Novel That Has Appeared In Paris Of
late—Sous he Soleil de Satan—was written by a young and hitherto unknown author, Georges Bernanos. In a few months it has already gone through many editions, and is being widely......
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The Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies (Luzac, 6s.) not exactly light reading, but it is a joy to Orientalists, d the general reader would obtain some curious tit-bits......
The Introduction Of Anatole France Under Another Name...
end of Bernanos' novel was a bold stroke. The short shrift he receives is indicative of the attitude to Anatole France of the younger generation in general. The Dadaists- and......
Rules For Competitors.
1. All entries must be received on or before Friday, Doc. 10th. 2. Competitors may send in as many entries as they wish, but each entry must be accompanied by one of the coupons......
The New Competition
The Editor offers a prize of £5 for an Essay in Prose or Verse on "The Character of an Ideal Friend." What are the essentials to be looked for in a true friend ? If you were......
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