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Country Craftsmen. By Freda Derrick. (chapman And Hall....

SINCE most of us feel some kind of nostalgia for the past, real or imagined, Miss Derrick's book on ancient country crafts should please many readers. She provides chapters on......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS As every experienced observer of the stock markets knows, the time for caution is when the sky is at its bluest. Too many hostages have been given to fortune,......

Tins Is A Witty And Amusing Book Which Its Author

describes as " beginning an autobiography." It relates his life from childhood (he was born in 1908) until, at the age of twenty, he got a job as double bass player in a dance......

\\ Shorter Notices Individualism: True And False. By F. A.

Hayek. (Blackwell. 2s. 6d.) PROFESSOR HAYEK insists on his thesis that we face a choice between responsible liberty and regimented slavery with the per suasiveness of conviction......