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The History Of Science

The Origins of Modern Science, 1300-1600. By H. Butterfield. (Bell. 10s. 6d.) " THE first distemper of learning," said Bacon, " is when men study words and not matter." For this......

Man Of Ulster

Craigavon: Ulsterman. By St. John Ervine. (Allen and Unwin. 35s.) MR. ST. JOHN ERVINE has set out to do three things ; has succeeded brilliantly in two of them and failed in the......

English Nonconformity

The Claims of the Free Churches. By Henry Townsend, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 15s.) The Claims of the Free Churches. By Henry Townsend, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 15s.) IN......