Shorter Notices Finance And Investment
By CUSTOS THESE are brave stock markets ; indeed some of the cynics dub them foolish. With a war still in its infancy, a 7s. 6d. income-tax—and possibly a higher rate—in early......
I Lost My English Accent. By C. V. R. Thompson.
(Nichol- son and Watson. ios. 6d.) MR. THOMPSON has been American correspondent of the Daily Express for six years, and this is a selection of his impressions. He is at his best......
Traders' Dream : The Romance Of The East India Company.
By R. H. Mottram. (Appleton-Century. 12S. 6d.) THIS is a readable account of the more romantic side of the East India Company's work. Omitting much, and simplify- ing much else......
De Valera. By Sean O'faolain. (penguin Books. 6d.)
THIS short book is certainly the best biography of De Valera available. It is written from the point of view of a professed Republican, but without any sacrifice of the right of......
Green Grows The City. By Beverley Nichols. (cape. 7s. 6d.)
Green Grows the City is an account of how Mr. Beverley Nichols made the garden at the back of a house in Hamp- stead. It follows the formula of his earlier domestic chronicles.......
Reincarnation For Everyman. By Shaw Desmond. (andrew...
MR. DESMOND can recollect with perfect certainty more than one previous life on earth, and he knows that other lives will follow his present existence. Although he makes some......
The First Six Months Are The Worst. By Harold F.
Hutch- ison and James Fitton. (Peter Davies. 78. 6d.) THIS is a facetious book about the relations of parents and babies. The illustrations (by Mr. Fitton) are unsubtle but......
Transport , 4 C " Position Here Is The Full Report
of the London Passenger Transport Board which tells the full story of the dismaying fall in revenue which has played such havoc with the dividend on the " C " stock. During the......
Oil Chairman On E.p.t.
It is good to see a company chairman taking up the cudgels on behalf of an improved Excess Profits Tax. A docile House of Commons acquiesced in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's......
It Could Never Have Happened. By Alice M. Head. (heine-
mann. 8s. 6d.) THIS is a kindly record of the distinguished persons Miss Head has met, the meals she has consumed, the travels and purchases she has made, in the service of her......
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