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Philosophers And Novelists

Samuel Butler. By Clara G. Stiliman. (Seeker. 168.) Zola. By Henri Barbusse. (Dent. 10s. lid.) " This belief, to which the individualist to-day must cling, is that somehow, out......

Some French Novels

Le Cele de Chelsea, M. Maurois' neat essay in, or satire on, the Proustian Convention, is a very slight affair, but as witty as may be expected from M. Maurois. He has allotted......

Apes And Men

THESE two volumes provide an interesting contrast. Mr. Meik went to Nyasaland to assist in the reorganization of the railway—in which task he was so successful that he was bom-......