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Submarine Sensibility

The Undersea Adventure. By Philippe Diole, (Sidgwick and Jackson.. 18s.) ONE'S first experience under water often comes almost as a religious revelation. The sea receives one's......

New Novels

MR. TOYNBEE'S hero is in four parts—Noel, innocent, in the Garden of Eden (we do not hear much from him), Adam the sad young man, deserted by his wife, becoming a little tedious......

A Great Composer

Vaughan Williams. By Percy M. Young. (Dennis Dobson. 18s.) THIS is the second full-length book on Vaughan Williams to appear in the last three years and it may be doubted......