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John Constable

The Rainbow : A Portrait of John Constable. By Andrew Shirley. (Michael Joseph. 15s.) MR. SHIRLEY has already devoted much of his time to the study of John Constable. He is the......

Irish Impressions

The Face and Mind of Ireland. By Arland Ussher. (Gollancz. 9s. 6d.) GLANCING backwards, Mr. Ussher confesses that the Ireland he knew in his boyhood was almost too good—or too......

The Basic Bible

The Bible: a New Translation in Basic English. (Cambridge University Press. 12s. 6d.) THE New Testament in Basic English has been available to the general public for some years,......