The Buildings Of England : Cornwall, Nottinghamshire, And...
Nikolaus Pevsner. (Penguin Books. 3s. 6d. each.) THIS series is as essential as the Ordnance Survey map for any walker, cyclist or motorist with an eye for buildings. In it he......
Home Encyclopaedia. Compiled By The Good Housekeeping...
Company. 455.) HERE, at last, is a book on cookery and household management which is no mere shadow of Mrs. Beeton, Good House- keeping Institute's Home Encyclopaedia has a......
Goethe's World As Seen In Letters And Memoirs. Edited By
Berthold Biermann. , (Peter Owen. 2 Is.) EXCELLENT though this book is in concep- tion, it is ruined by the poverty of its translation. The selection from Goethe's letters and......
Shorter Notices
The Squire of Piccadilly. Memories of William Stone in conversation with Henry Baerlein. (JarroIds.ifs.) "An ! That reminds me of the ladder we used to have .. . as we sailed......
Florence Allshorn. By J. H. Oldham.
(S.C.M. Press. us. 6d.) FLORENCE ALLSHORN was not widely known outside a limited circle. Dr. Oldham is, and the fact that he has thought it worth while to write her life is......
This N A Timely Book. It Is An Admirably Dispassionate
and sympathetic account of one of the most complex periods of our literary history. Mr. Scott-James is well qualified to - write about it, as he has played an active part in it,......