The Curse Of Old London The Plague In Shakespeare's London.
By F. P. Wilson. (Clarendon Press. 12s. Cd.) • IN Shakespeare's day the plague was as painfully familiar as cancer or pneumonia is now. What we remember as the Great Plague of......
A Distressful Story
Recollections of the Irish War. By Darrell Figgis. (Berm. 16s.) TnosE who read the late Darrell Figgis's book can follow in detail the whole course of the Irish War from the......
The Book Of Nature The Taking Of Country Walks Has
come to be regarded as an old-fashioned pastime. One cannot " get any distance on one's feet," say the devotees of wheels, and just at the moment " distance " would seem to be......
The Perfect Democrat
Thomas Paine, Prophet and Martyr of Democracy. By Mary Agnes Best. (Allen and Unwin. 16s.) Tan nature of Miss Best's new life of Tom Paine is indicated by her sub-title. Now......