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An Impressive Entertainment

The Syrian Desert. Caravans. Travels. Exploration. By C. P. Grant, M.A., Ph.D. (Black. 18s.) A Boos can earn a reader's gratitude in no more heartening and satisfying way than......

Half-planning

The Recovery Problem in the United States. (Washington : The Brookings Institution. London : Faber and Faber. i5s.) NRA Economic Planning. By Charles Frederick Roos, Ph.D.......

The Memoirs Of An Idealist

A Rebel in a Crinoline. By Malvida von Meysenbug. Trans- lated by Elsa von Meysenbug Lyons. (Allen and Unwin. 12S. 6d.) DANIEL HAUVY has called this book " one of the most......