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* * * * Mr. Hugh Copley's The Letters Of

Two Fishermen (Warne, Os.) rings the changes on the catching of coarse fish in the English Midlands and strange fish in Nigeria with angling for heavyweights off the Lagos......

It Is No Easy Task To Re-create The Zest And

enthusiasm, the joyous plenitude, the scientific .acumen, and the quiet con- centration which go to the making of a personality at once so spirited and poised as Dr. Adami's.......

The Competition

Tim Editor offers a prize of two guineas for the best original Safety Jingle for Motorists. An example of the sort of thing suggested is the Seaman's Rule of the Road :- " When......

Mr. James Cleugh's Rendering Into English Verse Of The Odes

and Sonnets of Garcilaso de In Vega (The Aquila Press, limited edition, 28 3s.) is, if occasionally somewhat obscure, graceful and sympathetic. And, probably, he must not be......

Finance—public & Private

Protecting the Investor Forzowixo upon the Hatry episode important amend- ments have been made in the Company Acts affecting the information to be given in the published......

Answers To Questions On Fruit In Literature

I. Robert Herrick : The Weeping Cherry.-2. Lucy Des- borough (Meredith The Ordeal of Richard Fevers/).-3. David (Browning : .Saul).-4. Mrs. Elton (Jane Austen : Emma Ch. 42.)......

Mr. John Brophy Is A Notable Writer : He Brings

to the con- sideration of the subjects he has chosen in Fanfare (Partridge, 7s. 6d.) more than a mere dexterity in words : he sees into the heart of things : he is strong and......