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Two Great Democracies .

The Democratic ideal in France and England. By David Thomson. (Cambridge University Press. 3s. 6d.) THE new series " Current Problems," edited by Dr. Ernest Barke r, is a most......

Fiction

Jacaranda. By Kathleen Bellamy. (Methuen. 8s.) I THINK that the first of this week's three novels is badly named. Its hero, Little Son, afterwards called Manoel de Deus, is an......

History Of A Great City

THE third volume of Dr. Redford's book—prepared to com- memorate the centenary of Manchester's incorporation as a borough in 1838—completes a considerable achievement of......