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Some Sparkling Character Sketches

Genius and Character. By Emil Ludwig. Translated by Kenneth Burke. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) AFTER all wars there is a certain revenge for the defeated. The embrace of wrath conveys a......

A First Novel Of Genius

Hanging Johnny. By Myrtle Johnston. (Murray. 7s. 6d.) Sow:THING of the siniit of Jude the Obscure pervades this extraordinarily mature first novel by an author of only eighteen......