Ir Has Been Truly Said That Speedy Com- Munications Corrupt
good manners, but only, surely, if these are taken for granted. If, on the contrary, the questioning mind seeks origins and causes, development and growth, bad manners may well......
The Year Is 1851. By Patrick Howarth.
(Collins. 18s.) Palace of Industry, 1851. By C. R. Fay. (Cambridge University Press. t Ss.) THE authors of these books were a little unfortunate in that they appeared rather......
Everyman's Dictionary Of Quotations And • Proverbs....
C. Browning. (Dent. 123. 6d.) THIS book replaces two pre-war Everyman volumes, but is an entirely fresh compilation. Perhaps its most useful section is one con- taining nearly......
The Growth Of The English Novel. By Richard Church....
p.) MR. RICHARD CHURCH has never belonged to a school, either as creative writer or critic ; it has been all the more important to hear his passionate, independent, enthu-......
Shorter Notices
THIS remarkable compilation is irresistible. Its bulky weight may at first seem somewhat forbidding —it is impossible, however, to read three pages of it without becoming......
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