23 FEBRUARY 1929, page 37

The Lesser Pains Of War-time

How We Lived Then. By Mrs. C. S. Peel. (John Lane. 15s.) ONE of the most interesting chapters in Mrs. Peel's " Sketch of Social and. Domestic Life in England during the War"......

Russia From Within And Without Diary Of A Communist...

By N. Ognyov. Translated by Alexander Werth. (Gollancz. 7s. 6d.) The New Russia. By Dorothy Thompson. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) IT is nearly three weeks since Father died, and I am still......

Children's Games

The Games of Children. By Henry Bett, M. A., (Methuen. 5e.) WHAT memories do the words, " Here we come gathering nuts in May," stir in you ? Probably you - associate them with......

The Spectator.'

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