6 FEBRUARY 1942, page 18

Fiction

NOVELS appearing during the last six months or more have by now established an average of dullness which must surely even in the well-flattened field of fiction, an all time......

America For_ Schools

A Brief History of the United States. By Allan Nevins. (Clarendot Press. 3s. 6d.) WE owe this book to the American Ambassador, Mr. John Cl Winant, and therefore the reviewer's......

The Anti-nazi Nietzsche

PROFESSOR BRINTON'S book on Nietzsche is the first in a n series of monographs, " Makers of Modern Europe," which th University of Harvard is publishing ; if the other volumes......

Economic War

Fiscal Policy and Busioess Cycles. By Alvin H. Hansen. (George Allen and Unwin. x8s.) The Battle for Supplies. By E. V. Francis. (Cape. 8s. 6d.) THE first of these books is......