7 DECEMBER 1929, page 31

A Man Of Conflicting Parts

The Life of Alfred Nobel. By H. Schack and R. Sohlman. (Heinemann. 21s.) TnE Nobel Institute has evidently come to the conclusion that an authoritative Life of the extraordinary......

Victorian Childhood

Daguerreotypes. By Ada Wallas. (George Allen and Unwin. as.) Tars charming picture of Victorian childhood is true, and will give to those for whom it stirs the waters of memory......