ty J. Haton Mosking.
Benn, Lon don. 2/0, The young who approach these puzzles armed with encyclopedias, atlases, classical dictionaries and larly other works of reference they jean lay their hands on will add considerably to their mental outfit. "It", says. the introduction, "they. have to.look up some point'in the reference books, so much the better; they will be more likely to remem ber it." To those who are not 80 young and have forgotten most of Hosking compiled these crosswords without reference books himself he must be the world's wonder. It is all the more gratifying, therefore, to discover that, he does just occasionally but the errors are too few and far between to completely restore the self-esteem of those who are better at the cryptic question than the solid fact—D. 1, In "Honest Harry," published Mr. J. Murray, Captain Cc. Firebrace has written the story of his own ancestor, Sir Henry bbyace, who was' the friend and servant of Charles I. during the romantic period of the Great Reeliion and who took no little part in his attempt to escape from eaptivity at Carisbrooke and his fight from Hampton Court. The story throws new light on King Charles's lcharaeter and personality.
Messrs, Hutchinson & Ca, have! published "John Peel." by. Mr. J.
Denwood, author of "Red ie. This book ig not a biography bat an account of some of the outstanding events of the famous hunter man's Chaves ""Canmingham has'
In "What I saw in Hun re" Mr.
eglected to deal with such urgent fratters aa the future of Hongery, the Habsburgs, and the European significance of her traditional past. \Sarrolde, 4 The book is published by Mesers
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