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Fiction

Light over Ruby Street. By Edward Harris Heth. (Constable. 8s. 6d.) Light over Ruby Street, which seems to be Mr. Edward Heth's first book, offers something out of the ordinary......

The Navy's Role British Naval Policy 1880-1905. By Arthur J.

Marder. (Putnam 31s. 6d.) THIS extensive survey of the processes of British naval policy is a most valuable and informing work. Different as circumstances are today, it contains......

Shorter Notices

Out of the People. By J. B. Priestley. (Collins in association WI Heinemann. 2S. 6d.) Tins specimen of a new series called " Vigilant books " sets high standard for Mr.......