2 JANUARY 1932, page 34

A Vast Literature Has Gathered Round The Immune Of Abraham ,

Lincoln, most of itindiseriminating,ly laudatory. Mr. Edgar Lee Masters (who from internal evidence seems to be an American writer) is in his Lincoln : the Man (Cassell, 21s.)......

Disturbing Influences.

How security prices will fare after the conference will be dependent largely on the attitude adopted by the participants, and the ultimate reaction of public opinion in the......

Mr. Frederick Whyte During His Connexion With Various...

firms has acted as literary midwife to various works famous and not so famous, and this has brought him into contact with many writing people of whom he has much pleasant chat......

During The Past Month The Books Most In Demand At

The Times Book Club have been :— Nox-Ficriox.--Bernard Shaw, by Frank Harris ; The Inn- keeper's Diary, by John Fothergill ; Fear and be Slain, by the Rt. Hon. J. E. B. Seely ;......

If We Want To Read About The Conquest Of Mexico

by Cortes, we shall probably go to Prescott or, better still, to the account of it by honest Bernal Diaz del Castillo, who was himself one of the conquistadores and wrotc of......

Finance—public & Private

The Investment Outlook Two dominating facts which emerged from our examina- tion last week of investment tendencies during 1931 were the force of international finance as a......

The Eighth Edition Of The Negro Year Book 1931-1932....

Institute, 32) is a great improvement on its predecessors, and the name of its editor, Mr. Monroe N. Work, is sufficient to guarantee its accuracy and the value of its contents.......

Trade And Money Rates.

In view of the restrictions on overseas purchasing power implied by many of the factors enumerated above, it appears almost idle to discuss the possibility of British trade......

In Part H Of Her Everyday Life In Old Scotland

(Allen and Unwin, 2s. 6d.) Miss I. F. Grant continues her good work of encouraging the rising feeling of a true Scottish nationalism by giving the children of the country a......