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Mr. Neil Gunn, After Twenty Years In The Civil Service,

suddenly decided to throw up his job and sell his house, and to exchange security for freedom to write end sail his newly- acquired boat. The readers of his other books will......

Life Of Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas

CURRENT LITERATURE By Archibald C. Douglas Admiral Douglas (1842-1913) was apparently the first Canadian to obtain a naval cadetship. He was also, when a young commander in......

Sir George Dunbar's Study Of Primitive Peoples (nicholson...

los. 6d.) begins with a general survey of pre- historic society and then gives more detailed accounts of the extinct Tasmanians, the North American Indians as first known to......

In This Collection Of What Appear To Be Journalistic Papers

(Dent, 8s. Ed.), the distinguishcd author of the Pasquier Chronicles discusses many of the topics that relate to his pro- fession. M. Duhamel is a publisher as well as an......

The August Magazines

The Fortnightly opens with a thoughtful and timely article on " The Boundaries of Flight " by Mr. H. E. Wimperis, who indicates in simple language the limits to speed and height......