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Of the three latest of the Loeb Classics (Heinemann, 10s. each) the fourth volume of Professor Gulick's Deiproscrphistor of Athenceus, and the seventh of Dr. H. L. Jones'......
Essays And Observations. By Lord Hewart Of Bury—lord...
of England. (Cassell, 12s. 6d.) This volume is exempt from serious criticism on the ground that it is published at the request of friends. Indeed, in the more carefully written......
Miniature Banking Histories, By R. H. Mottram (chatto And...
6s.), brings for the first time to the general public the opportunity of acquainting themselves with the per- sonalities, foibles, and traditions of what some people now say are......
Those Who Wish To Understand The Deeper Implications Of That
" liturgical revival ''' which is so marked a feature of modern Catholicism, will learn much from the beautiful essay on The Spirit of the Liturgy, by Romano Guardini (Sheed and......
The Malayan 'archipelago Is Not So Little Known As Mr.
Leopold Anisworth would have us believe, but his volume, A Merchant . Venturer Among the Sea Gipsies (Nesbit, 15s.), does nothing to increase our knowledge. Dates are scarce,......
In Search Of Ireland. By H. V. Morton. (methuen, 7s.
6d.) is less successful than the same author's In Search of England and In Search of Scotland. Mr. Morton has to suppress, to some extent, his natural breeziness and in con-......
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Sir George Aston's Secret Service (Faber and Faber, 18s.) leaves the impression that the author was not very directly or intimately concerned with some of the matters on which......
On Being Ill, By Virginia Woolf (the Hogarth Press 21s.),
is an exercise in style. We are carried down the thirty-four pages on a stream of gentle allusions, mild exaggerations and the like, till we find ourselves at rest in the shaded......
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