29 MAY 1941, page 20

The Life And Hard Times Of Mr. Woolworth

Five and Ten ; The Fabulous Life of F. W. Woolworth. By John K. Winkler. (Robert Hale. I25. 6d.) THE rise of Woolworth has overawed Mr. Winkler, so that his book is a rather......

From Shakespeare To The Civil Wars

The Jacobean and Caroline Stage.- By Gerald Eades Bentley (Clarendon Press. 2 vols 42S.) IN two admirably arranged volumes, Mr. Bentley fills the gap between the work of Sir......

A People's Education

SIR RICHARD LIVINGSTONE'S little book is, perhaps, unfortunately named. The reader, finding it in a series entitled " Current Problems," might expect it to contain a discussion......