In This Volume Of Reprinted Essays We Are Given An
opportunity of recognizing Professor Grierson's wide range of reading. and his critical penetration. He succeeded Professor Saintsbury at Edinburgh, and his inaugural address,......
Europe Without Tears
The Brighter Side of European Chaos. By Vernon Bartlett. (Heath Cranton. 10s. 6d.) WnEx a Bolshevik guard enters a railway carriage, stands on one foot and then the other " like......
Ix Writing Pleasantly About Trivial Objects, Such As Pins Or
needles, the modern essayist inevitably seems to adopt the frayed but lovable coat of Charles Lamb, and when he draws upon his own memories of childhood or boyhood, he slips on......
Pottery And Porcelain : A Guide To Collectors. By Frederick
Litchfield. (A. and C. Black. 35s. net.) THIS is the fourth and completely revised edition of Mr. Litchfield's first work originally published in 1879. The author apologizes to......
E. T. Busk. By Mary Busk. (john Murray. 7s. 6d.)
AFTER the War there was a plethora of short memoirs, fitted only for private circulation. Mrs. Busk has let several years pass before writing this little biography of her son......
Physical Fitness In Middle Life. By F. A. Horn= Brook.
(Cassell. 6s.) This is a sensible little book, giving plain advice to middle- aged men and women, especially men who feel that they are losing their vigour while still they are......
Reference Books.—the Official Year Book For The Church Of...
1926. (S.P.C.K. 3s.) Contains a mass of useful inforniation and the " Who's Who of the Church Assembly " has been brought up to date and includes all members of the new Houses......
Turkey In Travail. By Harold Armstrong. (john Lane, 8s. 6d.)
CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG writes vividly of life in Turkey, from 1916, when he entered the country as a prisoner of war, to 1923, when he gave up his post as staff officer at......
With Admirable, But We Believe, Mistaken, Industry, Mr....
has traced and gathered more reviews and articles contributed by Lafcadio Hearn to newspapers, during his years of struggle in Cincinnati and New Orleans ; and as a definitive......
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THE LOST SWORD OF SHAMYL. By Lewis Stanton Palen. (The Bodley geed. 6s.) Ix The Lost Sword of Shamyl Mr. Lewis Stanton Palen tells the story of the early life and adventures of......
A Bibliography Of The First Editions Of Pub- Lished And
PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOBS AND PAMPHLETS by AUSTIN DOBSON. Compiled by Alban Dobson. (First Edition Club. 15s. net.) A BIBLIOGRAPHY of Austin Dobson's first editions will be wel-......