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France Since 1814

France, 1814-1940. A History. By J. P. T. Bury. (Methuen. 18s.) THERE was room for a new text-book on the history of France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Mr.......

The Ordination Of Women

Should Women be Priests ? By R. W. Howard. (Basil Blackwell. 2s. 6d.) IN three sermons recently , preached before the University of Oxford, the Master of St. Peter's Hall has......

Music For Beginners

The Making of Music. By Cedric Cliffe. (Cassell. 12s. 6x1.) THE author's admission in his preface to this book that it is " written by an amateur for amateurs " merely makes the......