This Week's Books
Ma. Fa.trwis MEYNELL modestly admits in the tail piece of Typography, issued by the Pelican Press, that he is the author of the greater part of the text of this pleasant and......
The • Encircled Serpent, The Soid Of Jack London, And
3 Iadams . Blavalsky, advertised in our issue of August 14th, ire not Published by Messrs. Hutchinson as therein stated; but by' Messrs : Bidet 24 Mtiaeitm Street W.C. 1. - .......
Mrs. De Sails Is To Be Congratulated On Her Interesting
account of the old parish of Hillingdon. Book's such as Hillingdon Through Eleven Centuries (Lucy and Birch, Ux- bridge) probably. do not reach a wide public, but they are of......
-symptoms- And Functio-ns Of The Body Sir James Mackenzie...
a great pioneer. His work on the relation between variations in the pulse-beat and conditions of health or disease in the heart was his most notable single contribution to......
The Annual Report Of The National Institute For The Blind
has just reached us. We note that 13,861 bound volumes of Braille were published, last year, compared with 7,028 for the previous year. The report is an inspiring story of the......
Mr. Vachel Lindsay's New Book Going-to-the-stars...
his verse has lost none of its verve. There is a fine virility for those to whom African rhythms are not ana- thema, in this " Curse for the Saxophone" :— " None blil an......
Sir Lawrence Weaver Publishes A New Edition Of His Work
on The Planning, Design and Materials of Collages (Country Life. 15s.) This is practically a new book, and a very important one to all small householders. Sir Lawrence counsels......
M. Herriot's Amid . The Forests Of Normandy (cassell,...
is a beautifully produced volume and the illustrations are some of the best we have ever seen, that of Mont St. Michel in particular. The book is worth half a guinea for the......
Mr. J. F. Muirhead Has Contributed A Wayfarer In Switzer-
land to Messrs. Methuen's well-known series (7s. 6d.). The scenery, mountains and winter sports are better dealt with than usual, which is high praise, for Switzerland is the......
Messrs. Methuen Are To Be Congratulated On Their 35. 64.
series of - new full-length novels. We have just read one of the latest : Footsteps in the Night, by Mr. C. Fraser Simpson, Ind were delighted with it. It is a brightly written......
The Competition
"Everyone who thinks and feels is apt at times to fall ink the state of mind of the Psalmist, and believe that— r " .411 tle earth is full of darkness and cruel habitations."......
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