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7s. 6d. a book by nine members of the French Academy—Marshal Foch, Louis Bertrand, Georges Goyau, Henri Lavedan, Louis Madelin, Me. Henri-Robert, Mgr. Baudrillart, Maurice......
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The extinct reptiles have an irresistible fascination pecu- liarly their own, opening up vistas of a distant age when one could have seen " dinosaurs drowsily reposing or......
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(. General Knowledge Competition" and " More Books of the Week" will be found on page 361.)......
' We Are Delighted To Be Able To Draw Our
readers' attention to the twelfth impression of Dr. Axel Munthe's The Story of San Michele (John Murray, 16s.). There is no need to review again this beautiful book, to which......
There Is A Revival Of Interest In Mosaic, As The
fine work lately laid down in the entrance hall of the National Gallery testifies. Architects then, and not the archaeologists only, will like to know of Miss Marion Blake's......
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A general interest in anthropology has had to contend with a number of difficulties, not the least being the absence of an elementary book giving the necessary anatomical data......
So Much Public Interest Is Now Being Taken In Old
bridges that Mr. E. Jervoise's handy and trustworthy little book on The Ancient Bridges of the South of England (Architectural Press, 5s. 6d.) is sure to find many readers. The......
Modem Interior Decoration Demonstrates Admirably The...
a directness, and a return to fundamental principles. In Modern French Decoration (Putnam, 15s.) Katharine M. Kahle gives a detailed account of the growth and present position......
Some Books Of The Week A Notable Addition To A
series which happily combines charm with erudition is The Oxford Book of Greek Verse (Clarendon Press, fis. 6d.). Those responsible for the selection are authorities who merit......
Mr. Thomas Lowinsky Has Admirably :depicted The Age Of...
detail, which The School for Scandal so perfectly represents, in his illustrations to a new edition of this play, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press (13 3s.), published by......
There Is A Good Deal Of Information In Mr. R.
W. Muncey's History of the Consecration of Churches and Churchyards (Helfer, Os.), though the style is unattractive. Mr. Muncey's book begins with the early Church and traces......
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