Mr. A. F. Fremantle, Continuing Hisengland In The...
covers the years 1806-1810 in a second volume (Allen and Unwin, 16s.). An opening chapter deals plea- santly with literature and art and less happily with science, and a second......
The Frontispiece Of Mr. C. E. Vulliamy's Voltaire...
10s. 6d.) is a reproduction of Houdon's famous bust with the thin mocking lips and enigmatic smile—the smile of a man who battled all his life for truth and who never hesitated......
It May Seem Feeble To Wish That Events May Be
speedily. forgotten in the interests of peace rather than of historical truth. Such things, for example, were done seven years ago in the Ruhr Valley, parts of the Rhineland and......
A New Competition
Tim Editor offers a prize of two guineas for the most interesting instance of premonition, written in six hundred words or less. The _Competition will close on Friday, November......
The Press And The Public, By George Blake, Being No.
21 of the admirable Criterion Miscellany (Faber and Faber, Is.), will be greatly appreciated by those—a growing number— who are conscious of the slow poison that is eating away......
Sorne Books Of The Week
OCIUNG the past month the books most in demand at the Times Book Club have been :— NoN-Ficrion : Chapters of Autobiography, by the Earl of Balfour ; Labels, by Evelyn Waugh ; My......
We Are Not Yet Privileged To Read The Memoirs Of
Herr Stresemann, which will no doubt throw a flood of light on the post-War mood and capacities of the German people. Meanwhile an appetiser is provided by Stresemann : Essays......
Ilaydon Coffin's Book (alston Rivers, 10s. 6d.) Is Not Very
amusing. On the other hand, it is not a little instructive, being as he says " packed with acts and facts." Lovers of light comedy will find their memories refreshed as they......
Mr. C. E. M. Joad Continues To Fulfil With Distinction
his function of cat-fish in the tank of contemporary philosophy. With unfailing zest he applies.thc stimulus of his restless mind and unfashionable vitalistic' theories to - all......
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