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The Modern Heresy

Faith and History. By Reinhold Niebuhr. (Nisbet. 16s.) THIS book is a fully developed exposition of Dr. Niebuhr's challenge to those non-Christian philosophers who profess to......

Socialists In Italy

THIS book appears opportunely at a moment when recent events have once again brought the Italian Left into prominence and shown up both its strength and its weakness. Agrarian......

Period Fashions

Style in Costume. By James Laver. (Oxford University Press. 6s.) Gallery of Fashion: 1790-1822. With an Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell. (Batsford. 6s. 6d.) JAMES LAVER has......