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The Background Of Modern Italy

The Evolution of Modern Italy : 1715 - 1920. By A. J. Whyte. (Blackwell. 18s.) AFTER the journalists on the future of Italy, a scholar on her past. Dr. Whyte hai made the......

Worthies And Oddities

Norfolk Portraits. By R. W. Ketton-Cremer. (Faber and Faber. 15s.) IN form, intention and execution this book is altogether successful— unforced in style, replete with knowledge......

A Bright Spot In Europe These Two Books, Both Written

by young Czechoslovaks now in Government service, are part of the ammuni'ion with which the Czechoslovak Delegation will attend the coming Peace Conference. Dr. Kunosi, a young......