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20-Produced,

21-Munion Instrument

24Horned quadruped

25-Tuna

23--To be compatible

27-Grain

23-To smell

30-Trade-mark (abbr)

31--Pronoun

3--Bird's home

32--Accustomed

34-Unfettered

35-usiness representative 3---Bas cech

38-Steering device

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48-Leggings

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54-Rolated

55-indicate

67-Rase of ancient Greece

69-Bird Bound

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39--Watching 90---Craze 41Rabber 42-Draft mat 44-Careful attention 46-Mlik coagulator 45-implied

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a "two minutes' silence," barehead-planned that at a given signal all -J, C ed, on the site of the Amritsar the Jews throughout the world "massacre," which Mr. Housman shall seize the reins of power in all gets quite warm over, seeming to social services and bring in a new have seen in the sensible, soldier This part of the story is told with era of happiness for humanity. [Endless Furrows. Nora Kently action of Dyer (long since ab- vividness and power that contrast

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solved of blame) a crime against effectively with the light irony of "Adam Harmer working morning, the Indian People. It is indeed those passages in which the char- noon, and sometimes well into the strange how would-be reformers of neters are more human in their night on his father's farm finds the Housman type get over-heated passions. nothing to grumble about. After on behalf of Brown Brother, and the father's death the farm, Mop steadfastly overlook that part of beggars, is sold and Adam and his the argument which the soldier sister go over to Jersey, and live saw in striking a sharp blow for there for some years. Adam falls the protection of White Slater! in love with Colette and when leav ing the island to return to his The Cafe des Westerns, one of rother and to help her manage and | Berlin's most famous Bohemian re- later reports to her employers by work a new farm, he swears to come sorts, has recently been elosed. wire; "Nix-nothing-all, a fasco back and claim her as his wife.

Twenty-five years ago it was crowd--only a religious stunt of some He works in and becomes mosted with composers, artists, writers, sort. Back to-morrow. Sophie.": successful and in a few years is the and actors. Here it was that Rupert For those who can appreciate Jew- most properous farmer in the Brooke wrote "Grantchester." ish subtlety, here is an excellent

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A splendid story of farming and iis difficultles on the 'Sussex Downs, and of a man's struggle to improve himself.

AN EASTERN TALE

Three Gifts: An Arab Love Story. By M. de la Harpe, Done into English by Sir Frank Swetten- ham. (John Lane. 124. 6d.)] It is well known that Galland's French version of the Arabian Nights set a fashion for pseudo- Oriental tales which lasted right through the eighteenth century. Voltaire's "Zadig" is a brilliant example which is stil read; losser men produced hundreds, if not thousands, that are known only to those who wander in the by-ways of French literature.

The story now translated by Sir Frank Swettenham from the verse of De in Harpe is a later but typical. specimen of the genre, Tanger had three magie instruments, a wallet, a horn, and a girdle; Felíma, whoin he courted, tricked him out of them; by a stratagem Tanger re- gained them, and punished the de- ceitful fair. Sir Frank's English prose is neat, and the reproductions of Marillier's engravings, unusual. in that they ara tinted and gilt, are much to be commended.

An exquisite touch of humour is often found, as when the rejected mistress of Marick, who has sworn revenge and becomes a spy, actually hears the Jewish plans outlined, but, being a thor- Dughly stupid. and modern woman, dreams a jazzy dream and

Mr. Coolidge Bids Hoover "Goodbye"..

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