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Nootka Sound

A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver in 1792. Translated by Cecil Jane. (Argonaut Press. 24s.) IT might be enough to say of this book that it is worthy of the admirable series to which......

The Making Of England

Rediscovering England. By Charlotte D. Simpson. (Bonn; 21s.) ONE cannot live in England and fail to feel that the soil is "fathoms deep in history." To the geologist all soil is......

The Cooking Of Vegetables

cooking of good vegetable dishes is, as Mrs. Lucas points out, the telephone. Shopping, especially for vegetables and fruit, should not be done over the telephone : the......