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Crime Between The Wars

Social Aspects of Crime in England Between the Wars. By Dr Hermann Mannheim. (Allen and Unwin. as.) DR. HERmeusust MANNHEIM is a distinguished German crimino- logist who has......

Woman Of Letters

Lady Bessborough and Her Family Circle. Edited by The Earl of Bessborough. (Murray. 15s.) " MME. DE MERt'OIS came to fetch me," wrote the eleven-year- old Henrietta Spencer,......

The Last Hundred Years

English Saga, 1840-1940. By Arthur Bryant. (Collins, with Eyre and Spottiswoode. ms. 6d.) VicrogIAN England and its quel is a theme of inexhaustible interest. Mr. Bryant follows......