5 MAY 1939, page 30

Germany's Colonial Claims

THE nearer problems of Europe have pushed Germany's claim for colonies to the background, but they have an awkward way of popping up in temporary lulls in the Euro- pean storm.......

A Fine Anthology

Selected Writings of Thomas de Quincey. By Philip Van Doren Stem. (Nonesuch Press. Jos. 6d.) THIS large and well-selected anthology has come (none too early) to supply a felt......