If Mr. Bernard Shaw wrote a book about England only a sin: part of it, probably, would be true. 'A whole world of thought separates the Abbé Dimnet from Mr. Shaw, yet both apparently have the same literary fault, a tendency to exaggeration. Accordingly, when the former seeks to prove, 18 he does in "France Herself Again", that up to quite recently everything in Franco was going to the dogs, we oan afford to subtract at least fifty per cent, from the thesis. In the remainder, however, there is unquestionably a good deal, particularly inthe charge that French life was becoming too materialistic. From this tendency, according to the author, the present struggle has saved his country in the nick of time. Many Frenchmen, perhaps, disagree with the Abbé's criticism but they will the more readily welcome his ae knowledgement of the splendid way in which France is fighting and will continue to fight.
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