Collier, John - The Spectator (review date 18 November 1932)

The Spectator (review date 18 November 1932)

SOURCE: “Outmoded Cavalcade.” The Spectator 149, no. 5447 (18 November 1932): 714.

[In the following review, the critic finds Just the Other Day overly casual in places but overall informative and enjoyable.]

The authors of Just the Other Day have based their work upon Mr. F. L. Allen's survey of the post-War years in America entitled Only Yesterday. It was a happy idea to apply a similar technique to recent English history, and the collaboration of Mr. Collier and Mr. Lang has been exceedingly fortunate. The material cannot have been easy to select and compress, but they have done wonders. Dealing first of all with the immediate aftermath of the War, the “hang the Kaiser” campaign, Amritsar, and the visit of “Pussyfoot” Johnson, the authors pass via Brighter London, including in their survey the “Mr. A.” case and the exploits of Brilliant...

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