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A Book About A Scot, Written By A Frenchman, Translated

by an American in American, printed in Saxony and published in England is a rather explosive mixture. An explosion comes soon, when we are informed of the youthful Stevenson......

The Attainment Of Her National Majority By South Africa Is

a fitting time for retrospection and prevision. Coming of Age (Maskew Miller, 10s. 6d. London : Simpkin Marshall, Ltd.) is a volume of studies in South African citizenship and......

Some Books Of The Week

DURING the past month the books most in demand at The Times Book Club have been :— Nox-Ficriori : Things I Remember, by Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia ; If — It had Happened......

A Few Years Ago A Startling Light Was Thrown On

the death of Marlowe, and since then there has been a revival of interest among scholars in the life and work of the Elizabethan poet. Was Marlowe murdered in cold blood by......

In The Memoirs Of The Crown Princess Cecilie (gollancz,...

there is a great deal of reading which might enchant a child. Discreet to the point of romance, if not precisely dramatic, her recollections are at least scenic. Glistening......

Few People Understand Exactly How London's Commercial...

or realize its vast extent and its world-wide ramifications. Even to those engaged in one particular trade Mr. Cuthbert Maugham's Markets of London (Pitman s 6!.) will be in......

The Beauty And Fascination Of Napoleon's Youngest Sister...

enfant terrible of Europe," are commonly taken for granted. Mr. Chattin Canton's frank and entertaining biography, Pauline (Thornton Butterworth, 15s.), while reasserting, fails......