Some Books Of The Week Ernest Renan Was Suave And

delicate. He was marked by that air of worldly wisdom which a polite scepticism gives even to those who are most remote from practical affairs. Certainly he seems not to have......

The Competition

LIFE'S LITTLE MISERIES. THAT we like to read of other people's sufferings is a common- place. That we like it all the more when the sufferers are ordinary men like ourselves,......

" I Am No Flatterer," Says Mrs. Elton In Emma,

and the Messrs. Townsend in the introduction to The Prince of Wales (Marriott, 10s. 6d.) make the same sort of avowal. But their performance belies their profession, and it has......

The Publication This Week Of The Legion Book (cassell, 21s.)

will undoubtedly interest all readers of the Spectator. The book, in the preparation of which the Prince of Wales has taken a personal interest, is a collection of essays,......

Two Days Before Her Death Isadora Was Persuaded To Begin

writing her Russian experiences by her friend Mary Desti ; after three pages were written Isadora threw them into her friend's lap, saying : " Here, you know the rest of my life......

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Turning Things Over (methuen, Os.), Reprinted From Punch...

Sunday Times, are in Mr. Lucas's familiar style. Read collectively they give the rather unfortunate impression that-they were written for no particular reason, but to fill the......

In The Revival Of Interest In The Exploits Of Sixteenth

century discovery the Spaniards have cut such a fine and grandiose figure that the Portuguese have not yet received their due share of attention. Their story is a parallel one,......