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- Notes at Random, pp. 143-148 The Year in Review---Criticism to the Fore---Novels and Stories---The Dearth of Poetry ...
- Books They Have Read, pp. 149-150
- London: A Study In Perspective, pp. 151-153 The City seen by the Poets
- The Pageant of London, pp. 154-157 London Characters in English Fiction
- [+]Londinium Triumphans (7 Reviews) , pp. 158-159London for Ever Sovereign, by Robert Blackham
- London for Ever Sovereign by Robert Blackham
- A History of London by Alan Ivimey
- The Zoological Gardens by Gertrude Gleeson
- Lure and Lore of London's River by A.G. Linney
- The Romance of Lloyd's by Frank Arthur Worsley and Glyn Griffith
- A Pilgrimage of the Thames by Donald Maxwell
- "No Boats on the River" by A.P. Herbert
- Can You Answer These?, p. 160 An Examiniation Paper On London
- 1632 - John Locke: The Common-Sense Philosopher, p. 161
- 1732 - John Gay of "The Beggar's Opera", pp. 162-164
- 1832 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson, pp. 165-168
- 1932 - Kenneth Grahame: A Modern Magician, pp. 169-170
- Novels of the Year, p. 171
- [+]First Novels of the Year (8 Reviews) , p. 172Pilate's Wife, by Jean Damase
- Pilate's Wife by Jean Damase
- Over the Border by Victor Keen
- Miner by Frederick C. Boden
- Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley
- For the Delight of Antonio by Beatrice Curtis Brown
- The Survivors by Francis H. Sibson
- Snow on Water by Kathleen Muriel Eyles
- Trinc! by Francis Watson
- [+]Translations of the Year (6 Reviews) , p. 173The Seven Stars, by Andre Malvil
- The Seven Stars by Andre Malvil
- The Pascarella Family by Franz Werfel
- The Burning Bush by Sigrid Undset
- Secret Sentence by Vicki Baum
- Cherie by Jacques Deval
- Young Woman of 1914 by Arnold Zweig
- Plays of the Year, p. 174
- [+]Films of the Year (6 Reviews) , p. 175Maedchen in Uniform (1931 Film), by Leontine Sagan
- Maedchen in Uniform (1931 Film) by Leontine Sagan
- Comrades of 1918 (1930 Film) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Kameradschaft (1931 Film) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- The Faithful Heart (1932 Film) by Victor Saville
- Movie Crazy (1932 Film) by Clyde Bruckman
- A Nous la Liberte (1931 Film) by Rene Clair
- [+]Historical Works of the Year (6 Reviews) , p. 176England Under Queen Anne, Vol. II, by George Macaulay Trevelyan
- England Under Queen Anne, Vol. II by George Macaulay Trevelyan
- The Letters of Queen Victoria by G.E. Buckle and Queen Victoria
- Julius Caesar by John Buchan
- The Revolt of the Netherlands, 1555-1609 by Pieter Geyl
- The Jacobite Movement: The First Phase, 1688-1716 by Charles Petrie
- Metternich by Arthur Herman#2
- [+]Poetry of 1932 (6 Reviews) , pp. 177-178The Orators, by W.H. Auden
- The Orators by W.H. Auden
- New Signatures by Michael Roberts
- Last Poems by D.H. Lawrence, Giuseppe Orioli, and Richard Aldington, ...
- American Poetry: From the Beginning to Whitman by Louis Untermeyer
- Modern American Poetry and Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer
- The Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse by E.K. Chambers
- [+]Political Biography of the Year (8 Reviews) , p. 179Life of Herbert Henry Asquith, Lord Oxford and Asquith, by John A. Spender and Cyril As...
- Life of Herbert Henry Asquith, Lord Oxford and Asquith by John A. Spender and Cyril Asquith
- Life of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Earl St. Aldwyn by Lady Victoria A. Hicks-Beach
- Lord Cromer by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland
- Walter Leaf, 1852-1927 by Walter Leaf and Charlotte Leaf
- The Life of John Redmond by Denis Gwynn
- The Life of Lord Carson by Edward Marjoribanks
- Herbert Gladstone by Charles Edward Mallet
- Montagu Norman by Paul. Einzig
- [+]Art Books of the Year (6 Reviews) , p. 180The Quattrocento, by Adrian Stokes
- The Quattrocento by Adrian Stokes
- Rhythmic Form in Art by Irma A. Richter
- The Brush-Work of Rembrandt and His School by A.P. Laurie
- The Meaning of Modern Sculpture by R.H. Wilenski
- The Meaning of Art by Herbert Read
- Domenicos Theotocopoulos by Achille Kyrou
- English Music of the Year, p. 181
- [+]Criticism of the Year (3 Reviews) , pp. 182-183Selected Essays, 1917-1932, by T.S. Eliot
- Selected Essays, 1917-1932 by T.S. Eliot
- Fiction and the Reading Public by Q.D. Leavis
- New Bearings in English Poetry by F.R. Leavis
- [+]Religious Books of the Year (6 Reviews) , p. 184Prayer, by Friedrich Heiler
- Prayer by Friedrich Heiler
- The Epistle of Paul to the Romans by C.H. Dodd
- The Golden Sequence by Evelyn Underhill
- What I Owe to Christ by C.F. Andrews
- Pathways to the Reality of God by Rufus M. Jones
- The Living Word in a Changing World by W.T. Davison
- [+]Verse (3 Items) , p. 185
- Room With Mirrors, p. 185
- Outing Returns, p. 185
- Menace of History, p. 185
- [+]Mr. J.S. Fletcher As Poet (Review) , pp. 186-188Collected Verse: 1881-1931, by J.S. Fletcher
- Collected Verse: 1881-1931 by J.S. Fletcher
- Painter and Poet: Pictures That Have Inspired Verse, p. 189
- Tours In Eighteenth-Century England, pp. 190-191 (Lord Torrington's Forgotten Diary)
- The Gramophone, p. 192
- The Sedate Christmas of Jane Austen, pp. 193-194
- The Childhood of Mary Webb, p. 195
- Arnold Bennett and His Stammer, p. 195
- The French Novel of To-Day, III---Pierre MacOrlan, a Master, pp. 196-197
- Russian Literature and Translations, VI, pp. 198-201 Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883)
- [+]All About the Brontes (Review) , pp. 202-203The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, by Thomas James Wise and J.A...
- The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence by Thomas James Wise and J.A. Symington
- [+]Mr. Wells's World (Review) , p. 204After Democracy, by H.G. Wells
- After Democracy by H.G. Wells
- Late Georgian and Early Victorian Gardening Books, pp. 204-206
- The Smallest Book in the World, p. 207
- ---, pp. 208-209
- [+]Review The Life and Times of Anthony a Wood, by Llewe... (Review) , pp. 210-211
- The Life and Times of Anthony a Wood by Llewelyn Powys
- "A Pause", pp. 212-213
- Prize Competitions for December, p. 214
- "The Bookman" Crossword No. 26, pp. 214-215
- [+]Some Studio Publications (2 Reviews) , pp. 216-218Making an Etching, by Levon West
- Making an Etching by Levon West
- Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts by Clare Leighton
- [+]--- by Hesketh Hubbard (3 Reviews) , p. 219
- Colour in Interior Decoration by John M. Holmes
- Introduction to Colour by T. Elder Dickson
- Rhythmic Form in Art by Irma A. Richter
- [+]Review Memoirs of an Architect, by Reginald Blomfield (Review) , p. 220
- Memoirs of an Architect by Reginald Blomfield
- [+]Pepys and Scott (2 Reviews) , pp. 221-222The Letters and the Second Diary of Samuel Pepys, by R.G. Howarth and Samuel Pepys
- The Letters and the Second Diary of Samuel Pepys by R.G. Howarth and Samuel Pepys
- The Letters of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. II: 1808-1811 by H.J.C. Grierson and Walter Scott
- [+]--- by Mary Butts (Review) , pp. 223-224
- The Vision of Asia by L. Cranmer-Byng
- [+]Review Fashion Drawing, by Eliot Hodgkin (Review) , p. 225
- Fashion Drawing by Eliot Hodgkin
- [+]Review The Victorian Sunset, by Esme Wingfield-Stratford (Review) , p. 226
- The Victorian Sunset by Esme Wingfield-Stratford
- [+]All Sorts and Conditions (4 Reviews) , p. 227Four Comedies, by Serafin Alvarez Quintero and J. Alvarez Quinero, ...
- Four Comedies by Serafin Alvarez Quintero and J. Alvarez Quinero, ...
- A Comedy Royal by Eden Phillpotts
- Ye Fearful Saints! by Laurence Housman
- The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston
- [+]--- by C.B.D. (2 Reviews) , p. 228
- The Tragic Story of "Shakespeare" Disclosed in the Sonnets by Gerald William Phillips
- The First Folio of Shake-Speare by Edward D. Johnson
- [+]Review Lovely Laughter, by Earl E. Fisk (Review) , p. 228
- Lovely Laughter by Earl E. Fisk
- [+]--- by De V. Payen-Payne (Review) , p. 229
- Zola by Henri Barbusse
- [+]2 Reviews Jane Hollybrand and Other Original Poems, by E... (2 Reviews) , pp. 230-231
- Jane Hollybrand and Other Original Poems by Edward Edwin Foot
- Dante and His Poetry by Mary Bradford Whiting
- [+]2 Reviews The Adventure of Poetry, by Frank Kendon (2 Reviews) , pp. 232-233
- The Adventure of Poetry by Frank Kendon
- English Prose by John Brophy
- [+]--- by Geoffrey Rossetti (7 Reviews) , pp. 234-235
- I Had Almost Forgotten by Charles B. Cochran
- Art and the Actor by Constant Coquelin
- Filmland in Ferment by E.G. Cousins
- Merely Players by W.G. Fay
- Michaelmas Eve by T.C. Murray
- Experiment by Mary Pakington
- They Refuse to Be Resurrected by Nicholas Karrachy Smith
- [+]8 Reviews Philip II of Spain, by David Loth (8 Reviews) , pp. 236-243
- Philip II of Spain by David Loth
- Dr. Archibald Fleming of St. Columba's by Alexander Gammie
- The Passing of the Black Kings by Hugh Marshall Hole
- Tigris Gunboats by Wilfred Nunn
- Sir Bertram Windle by Monica Taylor
- Evening Memories by Herbert Maxwell
- Older Mousie by Gorse Golden
- A Manual of Buddhism for Advanced Students by Mrs. Rhys Davids
- [+]Review Modern Money, by Lord Melchett (Review) , pp. 244-245
- Modern Money by Lord Melchett
- [+]--- by Dr. Henry William Clark (6 Reviews) , pp. 246-247
- The Child of Bethlehem by M. Bartlett
- Songs of Bradford-on-Avon by Edwin J. Matthews
- Judas by Sybil Morley
- Fallen Petals by Carlota
- Poems, 1932 by Reginald Morris
- A Journey to Nineveh, and Other Poems by Kenneth Calvin
- [+]2 Reviews The Collected Sporting Verse of Will H. Ogilvi... (2 Reviews) , pp. 248-249
- The Collected Sporting Verse of Will H. Ogilvie by Will H. Ogilvie
- James Stansfeld by J.L. Hammond and Barbara Hammond
- [+]5 Reviews Greek Cities, by P.A. Hutton (5 Reviews) , pp. 250-253
- Greek Cities by P.A. Hutton
- Famous Hymns, Their Writers and Tunes by John Lionel Bennett
- A Short History of the Oxford Movement by S.L. Ollard
- The Jesuits and the Great Mogul by Edward MacLagen
- Maeterlinck and I by Georgette Leblanc
- [+]Review Rome: of the Renaissance and To-Day, by Sir Re... (Review) , pp. 254-255
- Rome: of the Renaissance and To-Day by Sir Rennell Rodd
- [+]3 Reviews Galloway: The Spell of Its Hills and Glenns, b... (3 Reviews) , pp. 256-257
- Galloway: The Spell of Its Hills and Glenns by Andrew McCormick
- Honore de Balzac by Edwin Preston Dargan
- Modes and Manners by Max von Boehn
- [+]The Past Recaptured (8 Reviews) , pp. 258-259The Story of the Borgias, by L. Collison-Morley
- The Story of the Borgias by L. Collison-Morley
- The History of Piracy by Philip Gosse
- William of Orange by G.J. Renier
- Bonnie Prince Charlie by Clennell Wilkinson
- Prince Charlie by Compton Mackenzie
- The Regent and His Daughter by Dormer Creston
- Lady Louisa Stuart by Susan Buchan
- Scarlet Ladies and a Black Box by R.W. Davis de Marris
- [+]--- by Marjorie Bowen (2 Reviews) , p. 260
- Napoleon by Hilaire Belloc
- The Bonapartes in the New World by E.M. Oddie
- [+]Review Man and Mask, by Feodor Chaliapin (Review) , p. 261
- Man and Mask by Feodor Chaliapin
- [+]--- by Ashley Sampson (2 Reviews) , pp. 262-263
- Alfred Fripp: A Life by Cecil Roberts
- Recollections of a Prison Governor by C.E.F. Rich
- [+]Review Victorian Portraits, by Percy Colson (Review) , p. 264
- Victorian Portraits by Percy Colson
- [+]The New World and the Old (2 Reviews) , pp. 265-266Sacred and Profane Memories, by Carl Van Vechten
- Sacred and Profane Memories by Carl Van Vechten
- Memoirs of Prince Blucher by Evelyn Princess Blucher and Desmond Chapman-Huston, ...
- [+]--- by Rolf Bennett (2 Reviews) , p. 267
- The Big Blockade by E. Keble Chatterton
- Imperial Defence and Capture at Sea in War by Herbert W. Richmond
- [+]Review Under Czar and Soviet, by John Wynne Hird (Review) , pp. 268-269
- Under Czar and Soviet by John Wynne Hird
- [+]Adventure (3 Reviews) , pp. 270-273Big Game Shooting in Africa, by H.C. Maydon
- Big Game Shooting in Africa by H.C. Maydon
- Modern Exploration, Sport and Travel by Norman James Davidson
- Told at the Explorers' Club by Frederick A. Blossom
- [+]This England (7 Reviews) , pp. 274-281This Unknown Island, by S.P.B. Mais
- This Unknown Island by S.P.B. Mais
- The Highlands of Britain by S.P.B. Mais
- Cheshire: Traditions and History by T.A. Coward
- Kennet Country by Fred S. Thacker
- Jorrock's England by Anthony Steel
- Past and Passing by Rhoda Leigh
- The South Country by Edward Thomas
- [+]--- by Douglas Goldring (7 Reviews) , pp. 282-285
- A Wayfarer on the Rivieras by E. Iliff Robson
- Burma and Beyond by James George Scott
- Land of the Gold Mohur by Lady Lowther
- Those Greenland Days by Martin Lindsay
- Alpine Days and Nights by William T. Kirkpatrick
- Great Travel Stories of All Nations by Elizabeth D'Oyley
- Egypt by William Henry Boulton
- [+]Review Red Sea Nights, by William J. Makin (Review) , pp. 286-287
- Red Sea Nights by William J. Makin
- [+]--- by Michael Mason (6 Reviews) , pp. 288-290
- And Now All This by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman
- So This Is Science! by H.F. Ellis
- Wine, Women, and---Soldiers by T.A. Lowe
- The Roving Eye by Humphrey Pakington
- Royal Exchange by H.M. Raleigh
- The Best Story Ever by J. Storer Clouston
- [+]Review Old Times Afloat, by Colonel C. Field (Review) , p. 291
- Old Times Afloat by Colonel C. Field
- [+]The Church and the World (7 Reviews) , pp. 292-295The Church and the World, by J.E.C. Welldon
- The Church and the World by J.E.C. Welldon
- Problems of To-Day by Basil Graham Bourchier
- God and Life by Stuart H. Clark
- Sorrow, Sin and Suffering by Thomas Fletcher Royds
- Death Cannot Sever by Norman Maclean
- The Worship of the Church by Arthur Bellars
- The Apostle John by W.H. Griffith Thomas
- [+]More Religious Books (6 Reviews) , pp. 296-299Sermons for the Christian Year, by Henry Leighton Goudge
- Sermons for the Christian Year by Henry Leighton Goudge
- Creation and Redemption by William Henry Cook
- The Speech That Moved the World by Hegesippus
- He Upset the World by Bruce Barton
- Let Us Say Grace by John Alexander Bouquet
- Confessions of an Unbeliever by H.W. Clark
- [+]--- by Charles Davy (3 Reviews) , pp. 300-302
- The Truth About Spiritualism by C.E. Bechhofer Roberts
- Polyglot Mediumship by Ernesto Bozzano
- Road to Immortality by Geraldine Cummins and E.B. Gibbes
- [+]Review An Indian Monk: His Life and Adventures, by Sh... (Review) , p. 303
- An Indian Monk: His Life and Adventures by Shri Purohit Swami
- [+]Oxford Gardens (Review) , pp. 304-305Oxford College Gardens, by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
- Oxford College Gardens by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
- [+]--- by Wynyard Browne (Review) , p. 306
- Death of Felicity Taverner by Mary Butts
- [+]Review The Body Behind the Bar, by Cecil Freeman Gregg (Review) , pp. 306-307
- The Body Behind the Bar by Cecil Freeman Gregg
- [+]Novelists and "Fictioneers" (5 Reviews) , p. 308Flowering Wilderness, by John Galsworthy
- Flowering Wilderness by John Galsworthy
- The Bull Calf by John Lindsey
- The Provincial Lady Goes Further by E.M. Delafield
- Three Meet by Anthony Bertram
- First Night by Lorna Rea
- [+]Politics, Satire and the Supernatural (6 Reviews) , pp. 309-313The Anxious Days, by Philip Gibbs
- The Anxious Days by Philip Gibbs
- Smith by Warwick Deeping
- Public Faces by Harold Nicolson
- Superstition by Stephen McKenna
- Lover's Leap by Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong
- Miracles by Arrangement by Norman Lindsay
- [+]The Mood of the Hour (6 Reviews) , p. 314Friday's Business, by Maurice Baring
- Friday's Business by Maurice Baring
- The Narrow Corner by W. Somerset Maugham
- Stephen Sherrin by Katherine Dunning
- Five for Silver by Malachi Whitaker
- The Furnival Book of Short Stories by T.F. Powys
- Still She Wished for Germany by Margaret Irwin
- [+]Men and Women In Love (10 Reviews) , pp. 315-317The Bridge, by Naomi Royde-Smith
- The Bridge by Naomi Royde-Smith
- The Gods Arrive by Edith Wharton
- Family History by V. Sackville-West
- A Long Time Ago by Margaret Kennedy
- Moon in Scorpio by Helen Granville-Barker
- Candle Flame by Barbara Willard
- The Seraphim Room by Edith Olivier
- She Was Sophia by Ruth Manning-Sanders
- Which Is Bitterness by Beatrice Henry
- That Was Yesterday by Storm Jameson
- [+]The Compleat Criminal (6 Reviews) , pp. 318-321Death on the Way, by Freeman Wills Crofts
- Death on the Way by Freeman Wills Crofts
- By-Pass Murder by David Frome
- Beginning the Adventure by Augustus Muir
- Cottage Sinister by Q. Patrick
- The Mystery of the Rabbit's Paw by Selwyn Jepson
- The Fourth Dagger by Luke Allan
- Some New Children's Books, pp. 322-324
- [+]Buchan for Children (Review) , p. 325The Magic Walking-Stick, by John Buchan
- The Magic Walking-Stick by John Buchan
- [+]--- (6 Reviews) , p. 326
- The Camels Are Coming by W.E. Johns
- Arnold Adair with the English Aces by Laurence LaTourette Driggs
- Arnold Adair with the French Aces by Laurence LaTourette Driggs
- The Pirate Airship by John Noy
- Great Exploits in the Air by F.V. Monk and H.T. Winter
- The Boys' Book of Aircraft by Laurence Cyril Bagley
- [+]6 Reviews The Easter Hare, by Rose Fyleman (6 Reviews) , pp. 327-359
- The Easter Hare by Rose Fyleman
- How You Are Made by Amabel Williams-Ellis
- The Book of Motors by F.J. Camm
- Tales of the Iron Road by John R. Hind
- The Chicks' Own Annual: 1933
- The Story of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret by Anne Ring
- Dog Books of the Day, pp. 360-378
December 1932 Issue - 95 ArticlesCorrespondenceArt, Poetry and CriticismColour and the Divine ProportionVision of AsiaWho Wrote Shakespeare?Barbusse on ZolaShows and ShadowsPoets and Would-Be PoetsHistory, Biography and TravelMr. Belloc's NapoleonThe Years That Are PassedWar on the High SeasSeven Travel BooksVarieties of HumourSome Psychic PuzzlesA Great NovelChildren's Books, and Some OthersFlying---Fact and Fiction- Notes at Random, pp. 143-148