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Prophets Of Freedom

The Pattern of Freedom. Chosen by Bruce L. Richmond. (Faber. 7s. 6d.) AN anthology cannot be reviewed. What underlies it is the compiler's method and the compiler's taste, and......

A Query On Burke

Miss OSBORN'S book, though not very long, would have been better if it had been shorter. The academic pressure which compels so many students in these days to inflate an essay......

Agriculture And The State

Food Production in Western Europe. By P. Lamartine Yates. (Longmans. Is.) THE recurring depressions in agriculture have prompted Mr. Lamartine Yates, working in association with......

French Background

The Development of Modern France : 1870-1939. By D. W. Brogan. (Hamish Hamilton. 21s.) THERE is a certain tragic appositeness in the appearance at the present juncture of this......