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Baconians

Founders of British Science. By J. G. Crowthe r ' (Cresset Press, 35s.) MR. CROWTHER is an excellent populariser, an d his is the most stimulating book to celebrate th e......

? Hoc Idonumi Anno Novo

Studies in Words. By CSLewis.(C.U.P., 21s.) l the days of Henry Sweet. the original of Bernard Shaw's Professor Higgins, the subject °f English Philology was put grimly on one......

End Of The Season

The Cricketer's Companion. Edited by Alan Ross. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 25s.) SOME weeks ago I went to watch the South African touring side play against Kent at Canterbury.......