Mr. Britten Austin's To-morrow (eyre And Spottiswoode,...
a series of twelve stories originally published under the title of " Toward the Millennium." Are we really progressing anywhere ? the author asks us. " Haply, the meteor which......
One Of The Most Important Needs Of Modem Aviation Is
for international co-operation with regard to flying routes. Mr. Claude Grahame-White, himself a distinguished pioneer of flying and an accomplished writer on the subject, makes......
Dr. Duncan Main Of Hangehaiv, Known In China As Dr.
Apricot of Heaven Below (Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 6s.), - was a medical missionary in Hangchow. The story of his hospital and the religious and sanitary results of his......
Few Englishmen Have Had A Wider Experience Of Turkey Than
Sir Telford Waugh, for when he retired last year from the position of Consul-General at Constantinople he had had forty-four years service in that country. Eski dost dushman......
A New Competition
THE EDITOR offers a prize of five guineas • for the best New Year resolutions for eight of the following members of the public. No resolution should be more than 20 words in......
A New View Of Horatio Nelson (jonathan Cape, 10s. 6d.)
cannot but prove attractive. We all desire to hear more about the private lives of heroes whatever our pride may lead us to say. But Mr. George Edinger and Mr. E. J. C. Neep......
Contemporary Thought In India, By Dr. Underwood (wil-...
Norgate, 5s.), is a useful but not brilliant conspectus of the political; social; and religious movements among the two and a-half million English literates who leaven a lump of......
The Publishers Deserve Congratulation For Bringing Out A...
on archaeology at such a low price as six shillings. Two hundred and forty pages of letterpress and a large number of illustrations are good measure indeed. The Romance of......
M. Paul De Cassagnac Has Been Fortunate In A Good
translator (Mr. Guy Knowles), so that in his French Wines (Chatto and Windus, Cis.) the tenuous aroma of his style, like some rare Vouvray which he discuss s, is preserved......
Mr. Hugh Walpole Writes A Little Preface To The Secret
Valley (Warne, 2s. 6d.), now in its second edition. Mr. Nicholas Size has, he thinks, succeeded in capturing the mysterious atmosphere of the English Lake Country. The little......
The Adorable Duchess (allen And Unwin, 12s. 6d.) Is To
all intents and purposes a historical novel. Some historic characters seem to have slipped out of fiction into the actual past. Such a character is the Duchesse de Berri. In......
General Knowledge Questions
Oust weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss G. Pitt, 8-6, Wyndham Crescent, N.9, for the following :— Questions on......
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