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Many Occasions : Essays Towards The Appreciation Of...

By W. B. Honey. (Faber. 18s.) MR. HONEY is not merely an expert in ceramics ; this collection of reprinted broadcasts and essays discusses gardening and ballet, glass- blowing......

Shorter Notices Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS How varied City views of the "crisis" and its investment implica- tions have now become is strikingly reflected in the current pattern of stock markets. One view—that......

Tats Short History Of The Proms. Contains Valuable...

a series of concerts which threatens to lose its original character now that it is deprived of a single guiding personality and the stimu- lating necessity of struggle. Mr.......