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The Social Background Of Art

English Art and English Society. By T. Ashcroft. (Peter Davies. 7s. 6d.) ART-HISTORIANS have long been accustomed, and arc still inclined, to cling suspiciously to their own......

Shakesptare's -contemporaries-

The Jacobean Drama. By E. M. Ellis-Fernaor. (Methuen. 12s.l6) TUE main theme running through Miss Ellis-Fermor',s book is the difference that existed between the temper of mind......

A Hundred Years After

A Pickwick Portrait Gallery. By Various Authors. (Chapman and Hall. • is. W.) • No one could have a better right to celebrate the centenary of Mr. Pickwick than the publishers......