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Books Of The Day

PAGE PAGE Lenin's Favourite Novel (William Plomer) . . 248 The Civil Service (W. T. Wells) .. .. .. 251 Men of Mathematics (A. J. Ayer) .. • • . 2 49 Two Forgotten......

A Revolutionary In The Garden

GERTRUDE JEKYLL died in 1932, her place among what might be called the revolutionists of gardening already secure. A dozen books, many articles, a practical association with Sir......

Mathematics Makes News

Men of Mathematics. By E. T. Bell. (Gollancz. x2s. 6d.) Tats is a book without a theme. It has the specious unity of one of those novels which relate the life-stories of a......