Motoring Notes The All-weather Road Map
Wren the kind of summer we are experiencing this year, any motoring accessory that could claim to be All-weather ' must make an instant appeal to motorists. This term effec-......
In Their Scholarly New Catalogue Messrs. Ingpen And
Stonehill will startle some readers by quoting Tennyson first editions at five shillings apiece, while Mr. F. W. Bain's Oriental fantasies, on large paper, are priced at fifteen......
Messrs. Sotheby's Sale Of July 27th Was Notable For The
Byron, R. L. Stevenson and Kipling items. Byron's letter to his friend, Charles Gordon, describing the Eton and Harrow match of 1805, was, very appropriately, bought by some Old......
The Need For Accuracy In Spark Control Has Greatly Increased
during the past few years, since the introduction of the high-speed engine. To meet this requirement the British Thomson-Houston Company, of Coventry, are marketing an......
Answers To Old Testament Questions 1. (a) Job, (b) David.-2.
The offering of First Fruits (Dent. xxvi.).-3. Abimelech.-4. (a) Saul, (h) Enoch.-5. (a) The ascent of Elijah, (b) the death of Elisha (2 Kings ii. and siti.).--- 6: (a) Isaiah,......
Notes For Collectors
THE sales of the past season were remarkably successful, and the interest was maintained up to the very end of July. Prices were higher than ever, not only because money has......
Tabloid Tours
THROUGH THE NEW FOREST. The New Forest, which covers an area of nearly 70,00G acres, is the happy hunting-ground of the botanist, artist and entomologist. It possesses good......
The Market In Modern First Editions' Is A - Special Study
in which collectors are seldom proficient. They know far more about the prices of Elizabethan or Restoration books than they do about the Neo-Georgians. They will be interested,......
For Many Of Us Old Drinking Glasses Have A Wonderful
fascination. The Loan Court at South Kensington has recently contained a fine collection of English and Irish glass which illustrated its variety and charm. The fragile products......
Few Motorists Arc Aware That To Reverse A Car For
more . than a few yards is not allowed by law. The law is quite . definite ; one is only allowed to drive a car backwards for a sufficient distance to enable one to turn round.......