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Between The Tides

By James Hanley These " descriptive essays of the sea " (Methuen, 8s. 6d.) leave no doubt that Mt Hanley knows his subject. His use of technical terms is both convincing and......

Robert Raikes

By Guy Kendall No one interested in education should fail to read Mr. Kendall's thoughtful and appreciative study of Robert Raikes, the editor of the Gloucester Journal, who......

Current Literature

An Outline of International Price Theories By Chi-Yuen Wu This modestly titled study (Routledge, 15s.) will be a genuine and solid asset to all students of economics, and......

The Stranger In The House

By Howard Coxe "The author," according to the dust-cover of this book (Chatto and Windus, los. 6d.), "has set himself to fill what he feels to be a gap in English historical......