Criticism Is Disarmed When An Author Tells Us That She
has had no intention of producing a book. But, currente rota, a useful contribution to the county history of Kent and of Essex, has resulted in Miss Lilian Boys Behrens' Under......
The Asahi, The Japanese Newspaper Published In Osaka And...
which recently sent an aeroplane to Europe, sends us its special English Supplement, "Present Day Japan," consisting of 140 pages and a charming cover in colour depicting a......
, " 'tis Not For Me My Praise To Bring,
For censure suits me to the letter "-but censure may hold its peace over A Rude -Book, by " Tell " (Palmer, 21s.), which illustrates pictorially and in mordant rhyme thirty of......
* * * * There Is A Vein Of Jollity
all through Mr. Leslie Henson's My Laugh Story (Hodder and Stoughton, 10s. 6d.) which will be appreciated by his many admirers and as was to be expected from the author there is......
* * * * There Are Twenty-five Delicate And Delightful
essays in It Occurs to Me (Methuen, 8s. 6d.), about the colds Mr. E. V. Knox catches, the fowls he keeps, the oil gushers he does not invest in, and a film of Jonah which is......
This Week's Books Waat The Spectator Has -published, The...
need not review. Indeed, Working Days (Cape, 6s.), which Mrs. Pollock edits and to which Lord Buckmaster writes a foreword, reviews itself in its sub-title, which reveals it as......
A Good Many People May Care To Know That The
Chiswick Press has issued for Messrs. Constable, at 81s. 6d., a new and superb edition of The Vicar of. Wakefield. Mr. .Saintsbmy writes an introduction, and the book contains......
The New Competition
WE would like to have from our readers a description of the worst faux pas they have ever made, and the Edito i offers two prizes of £5 each for the best letters of no more than......
Books Recommended
HISTORY AND LITERATURE.-A Hundred Wonderful Years. By Mrs. C. S. Peel. (The Bodley Head. 15s.)-The Franciscans in England. By Edward Hutton. (Con- stable. 7s. 6d.)-Bygone Days......
Rules For Con:rhin Ions.
(1) All entries from readers in the United Kingdom and Irish Free State must be received on or before October 8th : all entries from other parts of the world on or before March'......
Next Week
An interview with Signor Mussolini, by the special representative of the Spectator. Signor Mussolini expresses his views on British and Italian currency . . questions.......
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