Fall Of The Inca Empire By Philip Ainsworth Means A
well-documented narrative, in which erudition is not allowed to outweigh literary interest and lay understanding to an undue extent, is as acceptable to the general reader as to......
Current Literature
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH -ACA;DEMY- The title of the Proceedings of the British Academy, 1980 (II. Milford, 30s.) sounds peculiarly unattractive, but this volume, like its......
Journal Of His Expedition To Namaqualand By Simon Van Der
Stel The chief merit of Simon van der Stel's Journal of his Expedition to Namaqualand, 1685-6 ( Longmans, Green and Co., 25s.) consists in the fact that it was lost for a long......
Prebendary Mackay's Peculiar Talent For Vivid And...
the lighting up of the historic past by com- parisons drawn from present day experience, is - well known. He tells us in the preface to his new book (Centenary Press, 75. 6d.)......
Scrutiny The Third Number Of This Interesting And Very Ably
con- ducted quarterly should endorse the reputation 4 has already achieved for an intelligentpolicy and clear and honest thinking from its contributops. It should command a......
_ By Stephen Leacock
Few readers on this side of the Atlantic will disagree With the choice of Mark Twain as the first American to have a place in Mr. Peter Davies' series of short biographies.......
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