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Indies Adventure

By Elaine Sanceau Few people, apart from historians, will know anything about Alfonso de Albuquerque, but he was one of the greatest figures among fifteenth-century soldiers and......

Circus Parade By John S. Clarke

Circus Parade (Batsford, 7s. 6d.) will delight everybody who loves a circus, for if there is one turn which an audience would like to, yet never does, see, it is surely " a peep......

Left Turn !

By John Paton Left Turn (Seeker and Warburg, 12s. 6d.) is the second instalment of the autobiography of John Paton, once editor of the New Leader and General Secretary of the......

Carswell .

This is a Scottish version (Routledge, 7s. 6d.) Of the famous Week-end Book, and in general style and arrangement follows closely its original, to --which the editors; -......

A London Girl Of The 'eighties

By M. Vivian Hughes Readers of Mrs. Hughes's previous Looks, A London Child of the 'Seventies and Firkins will need no urging to read their continuation in the present volume......

An Examination Of Logical Positivism By J. R. Weinberg

Current Literature Whoever first gave the title of Logical Positivists to the members of the Viennese Circle and their sympa- thisers did them a disservice. For the affixing of......

Rim Of Christendom :

A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kin°, Pacific Coast Pioneer` By , Herbert Eugene Bolton Father Kino, though much less well known, is worthy of comparison with Fray Junipero......