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Pioneer Women

Storming the Citadel. By E. Moberly Bell. (Constable. 18s.) HERE is the story of a struggle against prejudice and custom which should inspire those who still strive to vanquish......

Journey In The Interior

Mr. Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life. By G. Gamow. (Cambridge University Press. 12s.) WE must learn, all of us, not to be surprised by science. When Mr. Tompkins, the chief......

Historical Verse

I SUSPECT that most readers of poetry have, from time to time, a nostalgic longing for the historical poem. We were all brought up to the vigorous incantations of verse, in......