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Tales Of The North- West

By William Joseph Snelling This is a reprint (University of Minnesota Press : Milford., 16s.) of one of the earliest collections of American short stories and of one of the......

1851 And The Crystal Palace By Christopher Hobhouse

This is a well-printed, well-designed, and amusing book. If Mr. Hobhouse is sometimes a little cavalier in his treat--; ment of the historical evidence (particu- larly, perhaps,......

Four Dramas Of Euripides Translated By H. 0. Meredith

Professor H. 0. Meredith has trans- lated, as a parergon to his studies in economics, the Hecuba, the Heracles, the Andromache and the Orestes of Euripides. His translations......

The Strange History Of Lord George Gordon

CURRENT LITERATURE By Percy Colson The public history of this extra- ordinary fanatic (Robert Hale, 12s. 6d.) begins in 1778 with the passing of the Savile Act, which was......

Portraits And Personalities By Arthur Compton-rickett

Dr. Comptoh-Rickett makes himself quite clear. He has known a certain number of celebrities and he tells the reader so. The book (Selwyn and Blount, 12S. 6d.) is characterised......

Supreme Court Or Political Puppets? By David Lawrence

Mr. Lawrence has written a tract (Appleton, -2s.) . against the Roosevelt judicial " reforms," a tract whose inco- herence and inconsistency should have been beneath the talents......