On Monday Lord Eustace Percy, President Of The Board Of
Education, explained his schemes for linking education with commerce, and dealt in particular with education for salesmanship. A Committee has been appointed, with Mr. F. W.......
Excellent Sense Was Talked And Valuable Proposals Were...
the " Save the Countryside " Conference at Leicester. As Professor G. M. Trevelyan said, a hundred years ago England Was nearly all beautiful ; to-day there is beauty and......
On Monday Sir William Joynson-hicks Said That He Might Have
to deal in the near future with immoral and disgusting books. " There must be some limit to the freedom of what a man may write or speak. That freedom, in my view, must be......
But The Sins That Are Being Committed Are Frequently Those
of ignorance rather than of malice. It is not clear to most well-meaning people that it is an offence to use colours which clash with the whole character of a district ; but......
We Publish This Week, By Special Arrangement With Messrs....
the first of a series of five articles taken from the diary of Tolstoy's wife, which is to appear in book form next month. * * *......
The Police Already Have Wide Powers, And If These Are
not used enough they ought to be. It may be said, however, that the pace is being forced in immoral writing, and that within a few years decent publishers will find it difficult......
If Only From The National Point Of View, And Without
regard to any man's private troubles, it is most un- desirable that anyone who has directed the policy of the country should be driven when out of office to earn his living by......
The Objection- To Technical Education At Too Early An Age
is- notoriously that -it deprives boys and girls of a liberal education ; it equips' `them for doing things capably within a- narrow circle; but closes to their vision......
On Thursday, October 25th, Messrs. Methuen Will Publish...
of the " Spectator," 1828-1928, by Sir William Beach Thomas (10s. 6d.). The centenary of the Spectator occurred in July, but it was decided to defer the celebra- tion until the......
The Graf Zeppelin,' The Latest And Largest Of The German
airships, has crossed the Atlantic in four and a half days. A common comment- on this performance is that it would be safer and far more comfortable to take five days in the......
Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,
on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1031 ; on - Wednesday week 103 ; a year ago 1021. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 8811 ; on Wednesday......
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