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The Odd Friends

Ursa Major. A Study of Doctor Johnson and His Friends. By C. E. Vulliamy. (Michael Joseph. 15s.) MR. VULL1AMY has a pronounced liking for the old. He derives a lively if......

The Bible And History

The Bible Today. By C. H. Dodd. (Cambridge University Press. 7s. 6d.) THE open lectures which Professor Dodd delivered at Cambridge, now available in book form, are more than......

British Music

The Orchestra in England. By Reginald Nettel. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) IT is interesting, and somehow improbable, to find that a history of the orchestra in England virtually resolves......