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For Our Delight

The Floral Year. By L. J. F. Brimble. (Macmillan. 30s.) THIS book is remarkable because its effect on the reader is highly emotional, though it consists almost entirely of......

The English Midlands

Midland England. By W. G. Hoskins. (Batsford. 12s. bd.) " MIDLAND ENGLAND": what do the words suggest ? Industry first of all, I suppose—iron, pottery, boots, beer ; and, for a......

A Chip On His Shoulder

"A good commander," General Stilwell wrote in one of the more coherent entries in his personal diary, "must be impartial, accessible, human, humble, patient, forbearing." He......