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Homilies In Verse

Gleams Britain's Day. By Harry Clifton. (Duckworth. rzs. 6d.. MR. HARRY CLIFTON'S book ought to be the result of great experi- ence, but perhaps it is not. He is giving advice......

From Communism To Christocracy

Christocracy. By John Middleton Murry. (Andrew Dakers. 6s.) THERE are some people whose gift it is to "see life steadily and see it whole "—in Matthew Arnold's well-worn phrase......

Fiction

A. Finger in Every Pie. By Rhys Davies. (Heinemann. 78. 6d., 3 Anna. By Norman Collins. (Collins. ros. 6d.) The Fighting Littles. By Booth Tarkington. (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.) The......

Masters Of Detective Fiction

Murder for Pleasure. By Howard Haycraft. (Peter Davies. ros. 6d.) MR. HAYC.RAFT insures that his study of the detective story b little value by limiting his field to the "pure"......