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Contemptible Iron ?

A History of Cast Iron in Architecture. By John Gloag and Derek Bridgwater. - (Allen and Unwin. 63s.) "THE easy conte t ma. we show fpr Iron is only the result of our own......

Strachey's Way

IT was an excellent idea to issue this neat new edition of Lytton Strachey's works, for they were fast becoming unobtainable. People of my generation first read Strachey when......

The Adventurous Victorian

The Romany Rye. By George Borrow; with an Introduction by Walter Starkie. (The Cresset Press. 9s. 6d.) " PRAY proceed with your narration "—so Lavengro once addressed Mr.......