Some Books Of The Week
Dtrarsto the past month the books most in demand at The Times Book Club have been • FzerzoN ;—The- Ugly Duchess, by Leon Feuchtwanger ; The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by T. Wilder......
Disarmament And The Coolidge Conference, By Professor...
Press, 2s.), is calculated to make us all think as to whether the security that the British Admiralty are seeking to establish is really security at all. "if Great Britain will......
The Latest Number Of The Borzoi Handbooks Of Journalism...
7s. 6d.) is Mr. Wayne Gard's Book Reviewing. It deals with the subject from the American standpoint, but the types of reviews given might be taken as a standard for English......
It Is Perfectly True That, As The Authors Of A
delicately pro- duced and beautifully illustrated book say,visitors to Cape Town are so oftentihirled off at once-tosee Censtantia or to be driven round the- Twelve Apostles......
Mr. Morton P. Shand Rightly Considers That Food Is A
serious subject. A Book of Food (Cape, 10s. 6d.) is a book of prejudices, so the author declares. It contains no recipes, but many suggestions, diverting, bitter, and often......
We Congratulate The University Of London Press On The Sixth
edition of their Historical Atlas (18s.). " Professor Shepherd's great work is of never-failing interest and value to students—indeed, it is indispensable to those who read......
"there Are, Who Complain That My Verse Is Severe And
what ih much worse—that my Book is too dear" sang the Rev. - Christopher Anstey in his New Bath Guide, which the Cayme Press reissues, with two sets of original illustrations,......
After The Recent Correspondence In This Paper On The Merits
of fox-hunting, the detractors as well as the lovers of the sport should beg, borrow or steal Bells of the Chase, by Yoi Over (ex- huntsman). (Hutchinson. 21s.) It is the most......
A Dictionary Of Occupational Terms (h.m. Stationery...
is a delightfully amusing book, although it was certainly meant to be of use rather than recreative. Useful it will certainly be to those who require a descriptive glossary......
In The Spring Of This Year We Described Captain Knight's
film of the golden eagle as one of "surpassing beauty and interest." His Book of the Golden Eagle (Hodder and Stough- ton, 21s., illustrated) embodies some of the pictures and......
. The Tin-enamelled Ware Made By English Potters In The
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in imitation of the Dutch is known as "English Delft," and many people collect the plates, bowls, vases and tiles decorated with views, rude......
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