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The Observant Amateur

Flowers of the Coast. By Ian j-lepburn. (Collins. 25s.) Under the Sea Wind. By Rachel L. Carson. (Staples. 12s. 6d.) THE amateur botanist is certainly among the most innocent......

Northern Families

North Country Life in the Eighteenth Century. By Edward Hughes. (University of Durham Publications. O.U.P. 30s.) NORTHUMBERLAND, north of the Coquet at any rate, has always been......

Working-class Religion

The Church and the Artisan Today. By Roger Lloyd. (Longmans. 4s. 6d.) THE purpose of this short book, written with evident sincerity and conviction, is to discuss the problem of......