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Road To Life

By Anton Makarenko Road to Life (Stanley Nott, 7s. 6d.) is the story of the Gorki colony of young delinquents about which Eck made his famous film. Anton Makarenko is the......

Elgar As I Knew Him

By W. H. Reed This informal study of Sir Edward Elgar (Gollanez, 15s.), by the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra who had been for over 30 years not only his constant......

Marguerite Of Navarre

By Samuel Putnam Marguerite of Navarre is an excellent subject for this type of biography, and Mr. Putnam has made quite a good story out of her, which will be enjoyed by those......

A Short History Of India By Sir Atul Chatterjee And

W. H. Moreland The historian of India who sets out to write a history of the great sub- continent has no easy task. If he im- poses upon himself the limits of a single volume he......

The Adventures Of Alcassim "

By W. Bashyr Pickard Tales written in the Persian or any other. I". manner 7' can only succeed as tours de force — such as Ernest Braniali's Kai Lung stories. Mr. Pickard's "......