26 MAY 1928, page 19

Some Books Of The Week Nuinig . T.6 Past Month The Books

most in demand at the Times Book Club have been . FicTiox.Octavia, by the Countess of Oxford and Asquith ; Brook Evans, by Susan Glaspell ; The Battle of the Horizons, by Sylvia......

Even Those Who Know The Letters Of Mr. A. P.

Herbert's newest heroine by heart will be delighted to poSsess The Trials of Topsy (Been, 5s.) in bound form. Few jokes can bear repetition, but Topsy's delicious drivel never......

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" A reputed French foksong, hymning the fame of Arlette (the mother of William the Conqueror), remarks that " Ii naquit, cet illustre enfant, d'une simple amourette," which is......

This Week We Publish In Addition To Our Usual "

Poetry " some verses under the heading " Lighter Lyrics." We hope that we may receive enough light verse of sufficient merit to enable us to continue this feature. * * *......

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The tragic drama concerning Marimilian and Charlotte of Mexico which stirred the heart and imagination of the Western world in the middle of- the last century has been retold by......

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The interest in the problems of the Fourth Gospel is peren- nial, but we own that the latest contribution to the subject by Dr. Vacher Burch (The Structure and Message of St.......

Miss Mend Buchanan Has Given Us A Very Intimate Account

of places and personages in her new book of reminiscences, Diplomacy and Foreign Courts (Hutchinson, 18s.). She has a great gift of memory and writes of pre-War Germany,......

A New Cohipetition

THE counting of the votes given by those who took part in our last Competition will take some time, and it will not be pos‘sible to publish the result until June lkth. Meanwhile......

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