5 MAY 1923, page 23

Specification. (technical Journals, Ltd. 103. 6d.)...

twenty-fifth annual appearance, and is prefaced by a congratulatory letter from the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. It is meet that the profession should......

None-go-by. By Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick. (collins. Is. 6d.)

A comedy of a couple who seek in a Cornish cottage the peace London, full of friends and relatives, denies them. With a light and graceful touch Mrs. Sidgwick demolishes their......

A Study Of A Dilettante American Who, Always Intending To

produce a work of great value in literature, dies before he gets further than his preparations. While containing several ingenious passages of literary analysis—particularly the......

In Spite Of The Constant References Of The American...

to Miss Edna Ferber's short stories being comparable to those of 0. Henry, the appreciative reader of her long novel, The Girls, will open her present volume with hesitation. It......

Works Of Reference.

The fifty-third issue of " Crockford " seems to be, wherever tested, as accurate and comprehensive as ever, and we can suggest no improvement or addition. The editor's preface,......

The Register Of The Privy Seal Of Scotland. Vol. Ii.

152942. In this massive and finely printed volume Dr. Hay Fleming has continued the work begun by Mr. Livingstone. The five thousand entries, to which there is an index of 170......