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The Causes Of The War

The Origins of the World War. By Sidney Bradshaw Fay. 2 Vols. (Macmillan. 378. 6d. ) THE late War involved so many countries and roused national passions to such a fever heat......

Heroes

Carlyle's Theory . of the Hero : Its Sources, Development, History, and Influence on Cirlyk's Work. By B. H. Lehman (Cambridge University Press. • l Is. C*L ) - Architects of......

In Old Baghdad , Having Squandered All His Money On

greyhounds and gambling a Mecca, Ibn Jami, an Arab poet of the Prophet's own tribe, he Quraysh, determined to try his fartune at Baghdad, then under the rule of the Caliph of......