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The Mad Professor. By Hermann Sudermann. (bodley Head....

of Hermann Sudermann in 1928 removed one of the leading figures in modern German literature. This is a translation of his last novel. Painted on a full canvas—the volume runs to......

The Golden Altar. By Joan Sutherland. (cassell. 7s....

forms the setting. Simon Chanel, son of a French father and an English mother, is universally respected as a Deputy. Much as his Socialist opinions have been disliked by his......

The Major's Candlesticks. By George A. Birm- Ingham....

6d.)—Mr. Birmingham is here in his merriest mood. Admirers of Spanish Gold will be glad to meet again the Rev. J. J. Meldon. " J. J.", after some years of residence in England,......

Women Are Like That. By E. M. Delafield. (mac- Millan.

7s. 6d.)—Women certainly think, feel, and behave as Miss Delafield describes various types of them in these short stories. She does not, of course, give us the whole truth ;......

General Knowledge Questions

Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss G. Pitt, 8 Wyndham Crescent, N. 19, for the following :- Questions on Hand......