... The Short Stories of a Master of Fantasy On February 17, 1947, at the age of eighty-one, the Irish romantic novelist, M. P. Shiel, died at Chichester. The death of this master of fantasy, some of whose works bear the stamp of the poet and the seer, did not pass altogether unnoticed; but throughout his long life he was less widely known than he deserved. Shiel was born at Plymouth, Montserrat, ...

... THE RECORD OF THE WELSH GUARDS And the Story of the Air Transport Auxiliary Detailed war records of the work of particular units have a value beyond their obvious importance as a con tribution to military history, and beyond the fact that they elaborate upon the individual sacrifices which, in sum total, made possible our survival. Such records are indeed a key to a way of living that all too ...

... - An Experiment in Autobiography-- VI By J. G. PUBLIC-SCHOOL EDUCATION.-- I am well aware, and freely concede, that conditions in private and public schools in the 1930's were alto gether different from those obtaining at the beginning of this century. Humanity and fresh air had blown in and dispersed a great deal of stuffiness, brutality, boorishness, convention and snobbery. The masters had ...