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Our Recent Writers

English History and Ideas in the Twentieth Century. By H. V. Routh. (Methuen. Ils. 6d.) To attempt to approach the subject of literature—and especially contemporary......

The Art Of Printing

As a means of livelihood the occupation of typographer came into being after the 1914-1918 war ; now there must be hundreds work- ing at it. Printing became conscious of the......

Fiction

Land. By Liam O'Flaherty. (Gollancz. 9s.) IT is a long time since Liam O'Flaherty last published a novel. Famine, a great book which appeared before the war, has been impossible......

How To Speak In Public

Public Speaking. By Richard Acland. (Gollancz. 5s.) NOBODY can be good at public speaking unless he enjoys it. The pity is that so many people enjoy it who are no good at it,......