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Picture Of The Persian Gulf

The Sand Kings of Oman. By Raymond O'Shea. (Methuen. 12s. 6d.) THE author of this book (who, his publishers say, followed in the wake of Doughty, St. John Philby, Freya Stark,......

Mendelssohn As A Letter-writer

Mendelssohn Letters. Edited by G. Selden-Goth. (Paul Mac. 16s.) MR. SELDEN-GOTH, introducing his selection of Mendelssohn's letters, rightly bewails the absence of any complete......

Mass-observation At Chester

Browns and Chester. By Mass-Observation. (Lindsay Drummond. 15s.) ANYBODY who has done any research work in the libraries of pro- vincial towns must have been struck by the vast......