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Blueprints For Britain

Town and Country Tomorrow. By Geoffrey Boumphrey. (Thomas Nelson. as. 6d.) IF the physical replanning of our towns and our country is not already a topical issue, or does not......

London Life

The Streets of London Through the Centuries. By Thomas Burke. (Batsford. los. 6d.) Jr you expect a book on the streets of London to tell you some- thing about the streets built......

Sane Words On Russia

Russia. By Bernard Pares. (Penguin Special. 6d.) THAT a completely new full-length book on Russia, from the dawn of history to the latter half of 1940, by the sanest and best-......

African Finances

EVEN allowing for the distractions of war, this book has appeared at a very appropriate moment. Simultaneously with the war has come a very important change in Britain's......