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Shorter Notices

The Smacksmen. By George Goldsmith Carter. (Constable. 9s. 6d.) The Smacksnien is virtually a " documentary " novel, a long, closely observed record of the tires of three......

Young Enthusiasts. By Elizabeth Jenkins. (gollancz. 8s....

is not a novel as the dust-jacket claims, and the note inside : "I have had experience in two progressive schools. The school described in this book is not a picture of either"......

Fiction

The Rich Woman. Anne _Meredith. (Faber and Faber. 9s. 6d.) Lift Up Your Gates. By Maura'Laverty. (Longmans. 8s. 6d.) • WHEN a reviewer receives, within a short period, no less......

Giovanni Bellini. Edited By Philip Hendy And Ludwig...

Press. 25s.) THE issue by the Phaidon Press of a volume devoted to Giovanni Bellini is a matter for congratulation. The greatest Italian nature- poet and one of the supreme......