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The Apostolate Of Catholic Books
By WINIFRED CHARLIER " THE CHANCE TO READ,' el is the title of an absorbing book on public libraries by Lionel R. McColvin published recently by Phcenix House, Ltd.* . Mr......
The Sport Of
Motor-racing THE CHEQUERED FLAG, by Douglas Rutherford (Collins, 16s.). T HIS is a vividly written account of the chief European motor races in Europe in 1955, including the......
The Desert And The Stars
By Sir Desmond Morton THE DESERT AND THE STARS, by Flora Armitage (Faber and Faber, 25s.). T HIS book, which has had an outstanding success in the United States, is rightly not......
Again A Journey To The Hebrides
A HEBRIDEAN 3OURNEY WITH JOHNSON AND BOSWELL. by Elizabeth Stucky (Christopher Johnson, 18s.). RS. STUCLEY in the yellow van (cost, £220) spent 82 days with her young son......
'perfect Book' By A Saint
INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE, by St. Francis de Sales (Burns, Oates, 12s. 6d.). rrimis book is in the uniform - 1 series published by Burns and Oates, " The Orchard Books,"......
Pharaoh
THE MOUNTAINS OF PHARAO H, by Leonard Cottrell (Robert Hale, 16s.). B OOKS on the pyramids of Egypt abound. What more can this one contribute to the story? The answer is that......
Grapes In Spain
Grapes And Granite (in Spanish Galicia). by Nina Epton (Cassell, 21s.). /T RAVEL books appear in such profusion to-day that a discriminating eye is needed to choose between the......
Two-town Episode
By Elizabeth Hamilton EPISODE, by Harry Bloom (Collins, 13s. 6d.). G OOD writing is all too rare, and in Episode not only is the writing good, but the theme is one which must be......