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Submarines : British And German

U-Boat 977. By Heinz Schaeffer. (William Kimber. 15s.) A READING of these two books awakens some disturbing personal doubts. Why do Mr. Young's experiences in the British......

The Hymn And The Singer

Hymns and Human Life. By Erik Routley. (John Murray. I 6s.) THE influence of hymns on the religious conceptions of that semi- mythical creature " the average Church-goer ' is......

The Case For Theism •

The Recovery of Belief. By C. E. M. Joad. (Faber. 15s.) WE have had the Testament of Joad. I am sure that a delicate scruple has kept him from calling the present book his New......