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Church And Irish State

THE extensive and detailed study of nine- teenth-century Irish history, which has been one of the most notable features of the past decade of historical research, has thrown......

Both Sides Of The Hill

The Making of the Suez Canal. By John Mar- lowe. (Cresset, 35s.) The Arabs. By Anthony Nutting. (Hollis and Carter, 35s.) AFTER his somewhat disappointing book on the Persian......