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Television has been rendered possible by the discovery of lubstances like selenium which change their electrical proper- ties when light falls upon them. Suppose you train a......
Germany's Emergence From Financial Chaos Into A State Of...
prosperity hai been one of the most remarkable de- veloinienti of the post-War years. How it was achieved may be read at length in a singularly able book by the man chiefly......
The Opinions Of Boswell And General Dunsterville On The...
of biography coincide. Boswell has recorded that " minor particulars are frequently characteristic and always amusing," and the General in his preface to Stalky's Rend*.......
Professor Rudmose-brown, Who Directs The Study Of Romance...
Trinity College, Dublin, very naturally writes an introduction to Louis Le Cardonnel, by Phyllis Aykroyd (Dent, 8s.), which issues from his school. Miss Aykroyd earned her......
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THE appearance of the introductory volume of the Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. I., Part I., by Sir George A. Grierson (Calcutta, 1927, 19s.), marks the completion of a truly......
A New Competition
THE Editor offers a prize of five guineas for the best suggestions, in five hundred words, or less, on How to Keep Young. The closing date for this competition will be Friday,......
Owing To Pressure On Our Space Our Regular Feature, The
League of Nations page, is held over ; also the General Knowledge questions.......
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