Kossuth, The Hero Of Most Nineteenth- Century...
this book (Selwyn and Blount, as.), was un- doubtedly a man of character. But here the biographer exaggerates the quality of his subject and makes him into a genius. The author......
As A Brief Account Of The Sea-rovers From Norway And
Denmark who harried the British and Irish coasts between the years 800 and 1200 nothing could be better than this lively and intelligent book (Allen and Unwin, 7s. 6d.). It is......
Jonathan Swift By Bertram Newman
" The time is hardly yet," Mr. Bertram Newman observes, for " a full biography of Swift which would satisfy modern demands." This, the modern reader may feel, is an unduly......
The Subjects Of Biography Of A Family (longmans, 16s.) Are
Catherine de Medici and her children. Catherine, the consort of Henri II, lived to see three of her sons on the French throne, and to control the destinies of France during one......
A Song Catcher In The Southern Mountains
By Dorothy Scarborough The work of the late Cecil Sharp has familiarised us with the idea that in the Appalachians the inhabitants have pre- served many of the songs and ballads......
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