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Machiavelli And His Times

By D. Erskine Muir Not all biographical and historical books have a sufficient raison d'etre to justify themselves, but Mrs. Muir is to be con- gratulated on choosing for her......

The Industry And Trade Of Japan

By S. Uyehara, M.Sc. It behoves the capable business man to acquire as much knowledge as he can of the conditions, methods and progress of his competitors and rivals ;......

India And The World

Current Literature By Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru is today a portent in contemporary India. His ardent spirit and reforming temper have made him not a wiser, but a more......

Toscanini

By Paul Stefan This book (Heinemann, 7s. 6d.) is not a success. It is sentimental, superficial, pretentious, full of spurious Viennese charm and frequently lapsing into a very......

The Usurpation Of Richard The Third

Edited by C. A. J. Armstrong Two years ago Mr. C. A. J. Armstrong described in The Times a Lille MS. of 1483 in which an Italian priest, fresh from a year's visit to England,......