24 OCTOBER 1925, page 40

Food And Health. By R. H. A. Plimmer And V.

G. Plimmer. (Longman& 2s. 6d.) AMONG the multifarious activities of the faddist, the quack, the ill-informed reformer, special attention has always been given to the subject of......

Current Literature

IN one brief passage Fabre gives an excellent account of the true method of deciding which wild creatures may be called useful and which may be exterminated as vermin : " ' Show......

The English Language

Words and Idioms : Studies in the English Language. By L. P. Smith. (12s. 6d.) THESE two books, each in its own sphere, are indications of the direction which the study of......

British Drama. By Allardyce Nicoll. (harrap. 12s. 6d....

Nicou.'s new survey of the British Drama is not likely to increase his reputation. Apart from its summaries of the author's previously published works on Restoration and early......

Tins Book Belongs To The " Great Composers " Series,

and gives us a compact and accurate account of Beethoven's life, with a list of his works. In a handbook what is wanted' chiefly, we admit, is facts, but possibly many students......

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