Lord Darling, Who Is Equally Conversant With Literature...
law, commends the discussion of the case of Shylock v. Antonio in Mr. George W. Keeton's Shakespeare and his Legal Problems (Black, 7s. 6d.). The learned author shows that the......
A Wonder For Wise Men. By Wallace B. Nichols. (ward,
Lock. 7s. 6d.)—We are here given a graphic account of Henry Tudor's victory over Richard Crookback on Bosworth Field, and of his subsequent difficulties in attempting to enforce......
In Mr. David Strang's The Printing Of Etchings And...
(Berm, 10s. 6d.) the whole process is described in elaborate detail. No step in it, from the setting up of the outfit to the flattening of the finished prints, is missed, and as......
St. Peter And The Profile. By John North. (jarrolds. 7s.
6d.)—Towards the end of this book; one of its young heroes says to the girl with the profile, "You've been reading too many serial stories." That accusation might be made......
Redheap. By Norman Lindsay. (faber And Faber.
6d.)—This story of adolescence in a small Australian town is not for every reader. Many Will he repelled by certain of its details, if not by the author's premises. Mr. Lindsay......
Fiction
Different Kinds of Hospitality Rose Anstey. By Ronald Fraser. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) A Room in Berlin. By Gunther Birkenfeld, translated by Eric Sutton. (Constable. 7s. 6d.) John......
The • Inheritor. By E. F. Benson. (hutchinson. 7s.- 6d.)—in
The Inheritor Mr. Benson is very much himself. He shows the same enthusiasms, the same easy skill in narrative, the same interest in life. The sub-title of the hook is " A Story......
General Knowledge Questions
OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss H. M. Cam, Girton College, Cambridge, for the following :— Questions on......
The Steady Progress Of The National Art-collections Fund;...
days of crippling taxation and bad trade, is fairly good proof that there are ninny patriotic art-lovers. The twenty-sixth Annual Report issued from Hertford House shows that......
More Books Of The Week
(Continued front page 88.) Ear From London (Richards, 7s. 6d.) takes its title, of course, from the refrain of one of Mr. Alfred Noyes most popular poems. But Mr. S. P. B. Mais,......
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