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The Adventurous Life Of Count Lavallette. Vol. 1....

L. Aldersey White These memoirs (Lovat Dickson, 10s. 6d.), ably translated, give one of the briefest and clearest accounts of the events which began with the Revolution and......

My Talks With Dean Spanley

By Lord Dunsany From the dust-jacket to the last page My Talks With Dean Spanley (Heine- mann, 5s.) is an excellent joke for a win- ter's evening. The author, to obtain proof of......

The Motorist's Companion By John Prioleau

All it is necessary to say about this singularly attractive volume (Dent, 7s. 6d.) is that it is as good as anyone familiar with Mr. Prioleau's motoring articles in The......

The December Magazines M. Paul Hymans In The Nineteenth...

describes the political situation in " Belgium Today." Frade and in- dustry have revived since the currency was devalued, but the decline of the Catholic Party has been......