11 DECEMBER 1936, page 30

Sir Richard Burton

The Arabian Knight. By Beton Dearden. (Arthur Barker. 12s. 6d.) . BOTH these books set out to rescue the figure of Burton from oblivion. So surprisingly little has been written......

A Sanctified Voltaire

Voltaire. By Alfred Noyes. (Shoed and Ward. 12s. 6d.) "IF thou wouldst view one more than man' and less, made up of great and mean, and foul and fair "—these words of......