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Man's Beginnings

Early Man : A Survey of Human Origins. By Alan Houghton Brodrick. (Hutchinson. 18s.) THE effort to elucidate the story of man's beginning has always proved enthralling to his......

Poet And Painter

Portrait of William Morris. By Esther Meynell. (Chapman and Hall. 15s.) THE value of this latest study of William Morris is that it attempts to disentangle the man and the......

History As Literature

The Poetry of History. By Emery Neff (New York, Columbia Uni- versity Press ; London, Cumberlege. 20s.) PROFESSOR NEFF'S sub-title for this work is : " The contribution of......