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Englishmen With Swords. By Montagu Slater. (bodley Head....

THERE is an inexhaustible fascination, especially for writers outside the historical academies, about the period of English history that stretches from the end of the Civil War......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS Ktiow , Dm its Cripps, the City has not been completely taken by surprise by the announcement of an increased Pro fi ts Tax which put a sting into the tail of the......

Forthcoming Books

PERHAPS the most important book, at least from a historian's point of view, to be published this autumn will be the new volume of the Dictionary of National Biography,......