Mr. R. H. Gretton Is One Of The Few Historical
writers who have freed themselves from the text-book conventions and done some independent thinking. This characteristic is well shown in The King's Majesty (Faber, (is.), which......
Few People Who Are Not Archaeologists Realize How Many...
relics of the great monastic houses are still en- shrined in the public and endowed schools which now occupy their sites ; and how great a contribution these can make to our......
Some Books Of The Week Bristol In The Middle Ages
was a thriving port, but with the discovery of America and the opening of the trade with the East Indies she became second only to London. Her great days are recalled in......
Dr. Wolfgang Haler Is Already Widely Known For His Epoch-
making and charmingly-written study of the Mentality of Apes. In a new book, Gestalt Psychology (G. Bell, 15s.), he seeks to give a more general application to the views he......
The Newly-published Edition Of The Annals Of Kiikby...
Lunesdale in Bygone Days (Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, 21s.) consists of 500 copies only, fifty or which are bound in leather (two guineas) and 450 in cloth (one guinea). Mr.......
If There Must Be Hunters, Surely Charles Sheldon Belonged To
the inner ring of initiates who not only take pride in their craft but have a fellowship with the animal world. He was a hunter-naturalist, to whose experiences and observations......
In View Of The Forthcoming Lambeth Conference Mrs,...
careful Story of Lambeth Palace (Constable, 15s.) should find many readers. It has an attractive preface by the late Archbishop, who encouraged the author to write the book. The......
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