English Wits. Edited By Leonard Russell. (hutchinson. 8s....
would be interesting to trace the course of the change in meaning of the word " wit " from the days when it meant intel- ect (or one who had it) to its modern sense of amusing......
A Key To Victory : Spain. By Charles Duff. (gollancz.
25. 6d. DOES all this seem fantastic and impossible?" asks the writer of this foolish and mischievous little book, after a hundred pages advocating the fomenting by Great......
Ten Great Mountains. By R. L. G. Irving. (dent. 12s.
6d.) NIL IRVING is well known as a sound mountaineer and one who has given many young climbers their introduction to the Alps. He is the author of an admirable history of......
The Definitive Edition Of Rudyard Kipling 's Verse. (hodder
and Stoughton. _25s.) - Trus--surely rather expe_nsive--collected edition of Rudyard Kipling's verse has made a "positively last appearance." The excuse is a batch of two dozers......
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