This book contains a number of short articles on a variety of subjects by a variety of authors: ENTERTAINMENT ALBUM ------------------------------------- Manners and Customs of the English HUMAN NATURE ------------------------- H. E. BATES Tomorrow: the Country TOM HARRISON Tomorrow: the City F. FRASER DARLING The Home of the Gael G. J. RENIER The English: Have They a Future? NATURE ------------ JAMES FISHER An Alphabet of Birds & Beasts PICTURES AND HOUSES ---------------------------------- PHILIP HENDY Art in England 1; 2 EDWIN SMITH The Domestic Shell STRANGER THAN FICTION ------------------------------------- ERNEST NEWMAN The Strange Case of Ludwig II of Bavaria MARGERY ALLINGHAM The Public Spirit of Francis Smith DEREK HUDSON Bessemer CYRIL RAY The Last of the Brudenells VAL GIELGUD Afterthoughts on the Affair FICTION ------------ DILYS POWELL The Last Boat DONALD HENDERSON The Alarm Bell J. MACLAREN-ROSS The Two Retired Chess Champions and the Girl Who Preferred to P