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Wasted Wisdom

From Many Angles. By Major-General The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Sykes. (Harrap. 25s.) THIS book is a monument to the solid achievements, ranging over numerous fields, which have......

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Chinese History WHEN this book was announced, the reviewer's first impulse, as a compatriot of its autnor, was to congratulate him on his initiative. At last a gap which had......