An Existential Historian
The Human Tradition. By H. J. Blackham. (Routledge. 21s.) THE history of ideas is a fascinating subject, but nearly all the best books about it are as boring as could be. This......
Desert Prose
The Coast of Incense : Autobiography 1933-1939. By Freya Stark. (John Murray. 25s.) I HAVE long suspected that the remarkable fame of women travellers is maintained by the same......
A Study Of Gide
THE publishers claim that "this will be the standard book on Gide's life and works" and "will supersede all other books on its subject." Publishers are entitled to a certain......
Turbulent Spirit
Orders of the Day. By Earl Winterton. (Cassell. 21s.) IN his new book Lord Winterton—the peerage is Irish—set out primarily to give an account of events in the House of Commons......
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