Subjects Of Wild Surmise And Peculiar Beliefs, Fungi Play A
part in almost every branch of natural history. They have been the prime, life-long interest of Dr. Ramsbottom, for many years Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum,......
London Furniture Makers, 1660-1840. By Ambrose Heal....
SIR AMBROSE HEAL'S monumental book consists of, first, a list of the principal London cabinet makers, upholsterers, car- vers and gilders of the period covered, with addresses......
Struggle For Africa. By Vernon Bartlett. (frederick...
for Africa. By Vernon Bartlett. (Frederick Muller. 15s.) MR. BARTLETT mentions that Africa is the natural hinterland of Europe. This is true, but his subject is of greater......
Still Be Anything In Or Around Them Of Interest To
the modern archaeologist or antiquarian. They were looted by the Romans who were looking for curios for their villas; Norman abbots ripped them open for the bones of saints......
Apes And Ivory. By Joy Packer. (eyre & Spottiswoode. 21s.)
LADY PACKER is one of those gifted people who can turn a diary into an entertaining descriptive book without the tedium that so often accompanies such writing. In 1950 her......
The Fame Of Emily Dickinson Has Increased Steadily In Recent
years and she is now regarded as the best American woman poet. A few years after her death in 1886, a small selection of her poems was published by her relatives, but failed to......
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