Practical Building For January Has An Interesting Article...
title of " The Builders' Neglect," deploring the non- participation of the building trade in the Conference on Industrial Relations. The Operatives, however, if not the Master......
Principal Jacks's Constructive Citizenship Is Based On A
series of lectures delivered last year to the University of Glasgow. The author quotes the inscription of an Indian artificer—" Mechanic and mathematician and Servant of the......
Mr. Lionel Edwards Dedicates The Passing Seasons (country '
Life, £3 3s.) to the rising generation.. This is a very delightful gift book. With eighteen coloured plates, which are detachable for framing if desired, this is a very pleasant......
Many Middle-aged People Dread Ill-health, The Fear Of...
in some cases actually producing it. Dr. Hopewell-Ash's book, On Middle Age and Keeping Young (Mills and Boons 3s. 6d. net) should encourage sufferers from undue appre- hension.......
Mr. Lowell Thomas, Whose Lawrence In Arabia Has Had Such..
a success both in films and print, recently travelled twenty-five thousand miles by air over twenty-nine countries of Europe. We have just received the American edition of this......
During The Past Month The Books Most In Demand At
The Times Book Club have been :-- FicTiox :—Iron and Smoke, by Sheila Kaye-Smith ; Novem- ber Night, by the author of The House Made With Hands ; The Unburied Dead, by Stephen......
In Our Notice Of The Adventures Of Five Hours, By
Sir Samuel Tuke (Holden, 7s. 6d,), we should have ridded that Mr. B. van Thal edited the play. . .......
For Sheer Sentimental Twaddle The Life And Death Of Sacco
and Vanzetti. by a Mr. Lyons (whom the publishers describe as a distinguished American journalist) would be difficult to emulate and impossible to surpass. Two young atheists......
In Five Years In Turkey (bailliere, Tindall And Cox, 16s.)
General Liman von Sanders tells the story of his frequent quarrels with Enver Pasha and of his difficulties in " reform- ing " the Turkish Army, both before and during the War.......
General Knowledge Questions
Tim prize of one guinea offered weekly for the thirteen best General Knowledge questions is awarded this week to the Rev. H. E. Ruddy, Scarthoe Rectork, Grimsby; for the......
The Short Story Competition
OWING to the very large number of entries received for the twenty guinea Short Story Competition, it is impossible to publish the result until February 4th. Will competitors be......
Some- Books Of The • Week
SIR WILLIAM BEACH THOMAS is away until February - 25th, when he will resume his " Country Life " page. ' * * s' *......
A Political Competition The Editor Offers Two Prizes Of Ten
guineas each for the most practicable programme for the next Unionist Government. One prize will be given to women of under twenty-five years of age and the other to men of......
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