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Mediaeval Builders

Building in England Down to 1540. By L. F. Salzman. (Clarendon Press. 50s.) Wilms the history of mediaeval architecture and design, at least since the days of Willis and......

The American Sin

THIS book begins and ends with "A Dialogue in a Bar," and every now and then there is another " Dialogue in a Bar " interspersed among the various chapters. In real life the......

The Truth About Monkey"

The Real Tripitaka. By Arthur Waley. (Allen & Unwin. 18s.) THE legendary Tripitaka, who plays foil to the genial vagaries of Monkey, the clumsy earthiness of Pigsy and the......