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Fun With Words

In a Word. By Margaret S. Ernst. Drawings by James Thurber. (Hamish Hamilton. 7s. 6d.) I WAS reminded after reading this book (Anglo-Saxon, boc, beech tree) of an old sailor's......

Chesterfield

The True Chesterfield. By Willard Connely. (Cassell. iss.) CHESTERFIELD was one of those nearly-great men who never quite " come off," possibly through some scepticism as to the......

A Thin Yellow Line

Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China. By Arthur Waley. (Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6c1.) To enjoy this, like other translations by Mr. Waley, it is not necessary to be an......