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St. Teresa

Teresa of Avila. By Kate O'Brien. (Parrish. 7s. 6d.) ' LIKE many another writer not primarily interested in saints and mystics, Miss O'Brien has fallen victim to the compelling......

Spinsters

The Single Woman of Today. By M. B. Smith. (Watts. 6s.) THAT spinsters in this gentler century are no longer said to be heading for an eternal friendship with an ape in hell is......

Victorian Travel

Victoria's Subjects Travelled. Edited by Herbert van Thal. (Arthur Barker. 25s.) THERE are many sagging shelves supporting evidence that a suffi- ciency of Victorian ladies and......