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Rhodes : A Conventional Portrait

Cecil Rhodes. By Andre Maurois. (Collins. Brief Lives. 7s. 6d.) M. MAUROIS disarms criticism by his bibliography, a casual selection of six secondary authorities. No one need......

A Fighting Writer

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. By Carson McCullers. (Cresset Press. 15s.) CARSON MCCULLERS'S " poet's eye " has already been remarked upon. It is indeed a fine creative eye,......

Rude Relics

The Castles of Great Britain. By Sidney Toy. (Heinemann. 25s.) THERE is ample confirmation lying about this world that the func- tionalist theory of architecture, as propounded......