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During The Past Month The Books Most In Demand At

The Times Book Club have been :— NoN - FicrioN : — The Soviet Five Year Plan and its Effect on World Trade, by H. R. Knickerbocker ; Most Women, by Alec Waugh ; After Ten Years,......

The Modern Home

On Wheels EIGHT feet by six may seem a moderate amount of space in which to make a home. For odd week-ends, possibly ; but not for months at a time. Of course, there are the......

To Summarize Modern Science_ In A Single Small Volume Is

the 'aim of Mr. - J. G. Crowther in An Outline' of the Universe (Kegan Paul, 12s. 6d.). He modestly describes his book as " . an essay in scientific journalism.," 1 We regret......

A Famous Controversy Is Reopened By Colonel C. 0. Head

in A Glance at Gallipoli (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 7s. 6d.). He describes a visit to the Straits and Constantinople in 1930, discusses the strategy and tactics of the campaign of......

A Library List .

SOMETHING BEYOND : A LIFE STORY. By A. F. Webling. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d.) MEMOIRS OF A POLYGLOT. By William Gerhardi. (Duckworth. 18s.) IN THE END IS MY......

Some Stories Call Immediate And Insistent Attention To...

; as we read, the novelist seems the chief character in the book. This is remarkably true of Mary Webb. Indeed, ft is impossible to read Precious Bane without feeling acute......