The Origins Of Prussia. By F. L. Carsten. (oxford University

Press. 30s.) PRUSSIAN history is a phenomenon sui generis: much of it is history in reverse. At a time when on the whole the crusades Were a dying form of endeavour, the Teu-......

To Suit His Book Mr. Firsoff Draws His Own Boundaries

of Breadalbane from the foot of Loch Tay westwards to Ben Lui and from Glen Lyon southwards to the Braes of Balquhiddcr and Loch Earn. After a preliminary survey of the area he......

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Arrived Within Touchable Distance, Or Pro- Testing—but...

almost unbearable to those who retain the slightest whiff of childhood—when a heartless nanny marched her charges out of the theatre just as Puss-in- Boots was warming up. Here......

Puritanism And Richard Baxter. By Hugh Martin. (s.c.m. P,...

15s.) SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY Puritanism sank deep roots into English live, and it survives in far more than Sum'ay observance or a national determinatioa to take our pleasures......

There Is Certainly Still A Place For Another Book About

Bartok after Dr. Halsey Stevens's recent survey of the man and his music. The present work, which is translated from the French, gives a more sympathetic picture of the composer......