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Our Scottish Towns : Evacuation And The Social Future....

Edinburgh. Is. 6d.) IN Scotland, as in England, many of the women and children evacuated from the- towns during the war have shocked their hosts by their lousy heads, dirty......

Blake And Rossetti. By Kerrison Preston. (the De La More

Press. as.) THIS is a well-produced book ; it has interesting illustrations, but the text is somewhat uneven. Thus a nonsensical attempt is made to indicate the ." mystical......

Shorter Notices

Freedom from Want. By Paul Einzig. (Nicholson and Watson. 9s-) IN this little book Dr. Einzig puts forward the case for thorough going economic planning after the war. He tries......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS APART from a slump in insurance shares, there has been virtually no visible reaction in the stock markets to the announcement of the Government's social insurance......

A Careless Reviewer Might Easily Dismiss This Book As Just

another account of the North African campaign by a war correspondent. For it has all the marks of its kind. There are the usual chats with generals, the usual meetings (and......