Lord Wodehouse Is Quite Right In His Strong...
An Introduction to Polo, by " Marco " (Country Life, 15s.). The book is written for the members of the Royal Naval Polo Association, but it deserves, and will undoubtedly......
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retired from banking in Philadelphia and hoped, he said, " to plant a garden." But his daughter, married to an Italian Prince, was unhappy, and she and his ambitious wife kept......
Fil E Old People. By J. D. Beresford. (collins. 7s. 6d.)—mr.
Beresford is too competent a novelist not to interest and his characterization is, as usual, excellent, but this first volume of a new trilogy lacks force and liveliness. The......
Ian And Joan. By W. Hogarth Todd. (heath Cranton. 7s.
6d.)—A gallant young couple are Ian and Joan, and 'their tporting adventures out East with wild animals are touched in by an able and experienced hand.......
Smaranda, By The Late Lord Thomson Of Cardington, When It
was published first in 1926, gave promise of a new writer who should rank with the most brilliant of to-day. The fulfilment of that promise has been cut short, and the intro-......
Collectors And Students Of Art Have Reason To Be Grateful
to Messrs. Christie for publishing annual records of the principal works sold at their famous auction rooms. The fourth volume of this invaluable series, Christie's - Season......
" I Don't Like Writing In The Heat," Says Grock
on p. 241 of his Life's a Lark (Heinemann, 8s. 6d.), and on p. viii : " I don't like writing in the least." Which ? He certainly does like writing when he is writing about......
The International Labour Organization : The First Decade,...
Preface by Albert Thomas (Allen and Unwin, 12s. 6d.) is a very welcome volume. The work of the International Labour Organization commonly receives much - less publicity than the......
Garnered Sheaves (macmillan, 21s.) Will Be Welcomed By...
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'file Golden Years. By Philip Gibbs. (hutchinson. 7s....
readers who accept his view of life, Sir Philip Gibbs gives excellent value for money. His new long novel has the same distinction (and class distinction) as its predecessors :......
Death Rides The Forest. By Rupert Grayson. (nash And...
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Dualist: a long residence in Iraq, Mrs. E. S. Stevens has collected at first hand many of the traditional stories of Meso- potamia, and forty-eight of these are presented in......
Death Leaves Us Naked. By Leonard Hollingworth. (john...
6d.)—After the murder of the famous preacher, the Rev. John Whitfield Mortimer, skeletons simply tumbled out of the family cupboards. Superin- tendent Adams was naturally......
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