3 DECEMBER 1937, page 42

- Scottish Industry Today By C. A. Oakley

Mr. Oakley has a clumsy prose style, he falls for clichés and stale jokes, and he shies away from any question that might involve political controversy. Although he stresses the......

A Roving Commission By Henry Newman

In A Roving Commission (Bell, 7s. 6d.), Mr. Newman, well known as " Kim " of the Calcutta Statesman, continues the reminiscences he began in Indian Peepshow. They are mostly of......

From One Century To Another By E. S. Haldane

The only excuse for this little book (Maclehose, 12s. 6d.) lies in the fact that Elizabeth Haldane belongs to a remarkable family, and in her own sphere has done good public......

The December Magazines The Round Table's First Article On "

Power and Opinion in World Affairs " is frankly pessimistic. The League has failed. Military factors alone count. If the democracies " are to preserve their institutions and......

Shrines And Homes Of Scotland By Sir John Stirling-maxwell

This is the best short history of Scottish architecture yet published (Mac- lehose, ios. 6d.), partly because it does not only deal with buildings. It is full of human......