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What Rome Was

The Roman Commonwealth. By R. W. Moore. (English Universities Press. t5s.) A SMALL town, centrally placed, unified Italy under itself, and then created an empire extending over......

Our Protestant Past

Tuts chief misfortune aoout Mr. Hutton's book is that it cannot be read without discomfort by anyone seriously interested in English literature. Nor is this from any......

Fiction

Then We Shall Hear Singing. By Storm Jameson. (Cassell. 8s. 6d.) Winter Solstice. By Dorothy Cowlin. (Cape. 8s. 6d.) Evenfield. By Rachel Ferguson. (Cape. 8s. 6d.) Table Two. By......

The Naval Background

As the title-page indicates, 'this is a serious study, set out in such a way as to be within the capacity of the general reader. It is of great and sober interest. The approach......