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Take Dour Choice Of Books For Children
Page 12 from 2nd December 1955By Clare Simon THE LITTLE. BOOK ROOM, by Eleanor Farjeon tOsford University Press, I2s , 6d.). T HIS is definitely not for addicts of horror comics......
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Page 10 from 29th May 1998A matter of conscience Aoxf. T THE BEGINNING OF the Second World War I had been at ord for a year and 1 was a pacifist. But as women were......
The Apostolate Of Catholic Books
Page 3 from 22nd June 1956By WINIFRED CHARLIER " THE CHANCE TO READ,' el is the title of an absorbing book on public libraries by Lionel R. McColvin published recently by......
Books Of The Week
Page 4 from 16th October 1964TINKLING SYMBOLS MARY VAUGHAN looks at the latest fiction THE ITALIAN GIRL, by Iris Murdoch. (Chatto and Windus. 21s.). THE SCHOLARMAN, by Q. R.......
Pope John The Spiritual Giant
Page 3 from 4th August 1967W ORKS about Pope John have deluged the bookmarket from the early days of his pontificate. Almost simultaneously in recent weeks two new books have......
Two Eminent Prima Donnas
Page 6 from 24th September 1993The Convert Cardinals by David Newsome, John Murray, £25 B IOGRAPHIES OF CARDINAL Newman beginning with Wilfred Ward's in 1912, and continuing......
Ruins Still Have Their Tale To Tell
Page 6 from 4th September 1964T HE Chronicle of Bury St. Edmunds, translated and edited by Antonia Gransden for Nelson's Medieval Texts, is one of those literary memorials of......
That Original Saint Called Joan
Page 6 from 20th November 1964JOAN OF ARC, by Regine Pernoud (Translated by Edward Hyams) (Macdonald, 35s.). Reviewed by MERIOL TREVOR T HIS book is most interesting,......
Unhistorical Criticism Of Pope By This Historian
Page 5 from 25th July 1969I AM an admirer of Hugh Williamson's historical novels; I have just bought and enjoyed his latest. So I am sorry that his letter (July 18)......
On The Anniversary Of The Battle Of Hastings, Sir Charles
Page 6 from 14th October 1966PETRIE, the historian, discusses The Normans by Timothy Baker (Cassell, 42s.). He finds the book makes clear that the victor of October 14, 1066,......