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Adventure Story

Safety Last. By Col. W. F. Stirling. (Hollis & Carter. 18s.) THERE is hardly a page in this book which does not read like something rout of G. A. Henty or John Buchan. For......

Two Etonians

Call Back Yesterday: Memoirs, 1887-1931. By Hugh Dalton. (Muller. 21s.) Born to Believe: An Autobiography. By Lord Pakenham. (Cape. 18s.) HUGH DALTON went to Eton in 1901 and......

A Revolution In Thought

The European Mind (1680-1715). By Paul Hazard. (Hollis and Carter. 35s.) THE late Dr. Paul Hazard wrote not only La Crise de la Conscience Europeenne, now translated under the......