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Dancing in Petersburg: The Memoirs of Kschessinska. Translated by Arnold Haskell. A Touch of Innocence. By Katherine Dunham. Giselle and I. By Alicia Markova.

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Glories and Adornments I Dancing: in Petersburg: The Menmoirs of Ksches- I sinska. Translated by Arnold Hlaskell. I , (Gol- I lIancz, 30s.) I A Touch of Innocence. By...

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Arms for Adonis. By Charlotte Jay.

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A .Arms ror Adonis. By Charlotte Jay. (Collinis, 6d.) Quite prCpositerous plot, Wilti English 8rl ept into bonib-throwinlg and gun-running "I thc L ebaunon, to say nothing of...

The Slender Thread by P. J. Merrill

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ITe S I e -n-hkr c-asd b-v -;P.- . _- ;i 1I14,1( b P.1.NM ril l (MNIacdonalIi, . 's), ill hicll mi-sllthllroIpic Solitary b)Ccomes IiWOlVCd With frightened SmI.ll bo\y....

Murder Out of School. By Ivan T. Ross.

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,__Mur(ler Out of School. Bsv Ivan 1. Riws. thincillrmu , I 3s. ()Lt.) I'Lxcntcen-vear-old J'ucrto RiCan iS 1CCLISCd of' ;ttelilpted StiCk-LIp; 'lcrd iIous schIoolmIIaSter from...

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Miscarriages of Justices. By C. G. L. Du Cann.

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NMiscarriages of Justices. By C. G. L. DU Can- $ -:ve~d (N'/1uller, 21s.) Jessie N/I' -cihlrt was repri,'-from the gallows because too many doubted ber guilt. If shie vv is...

The Modern Smuggler. By David Walker.

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The Modern Smuggler. By David Wal"e" i (Secker and Warburg. 18s.) A survey of prv,-u sional smuggling and of the war atPiinSt ad crammed with ingenious detective-work and...

The Potemkin Mutiny. By Richard Hough.

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God Damn The Tsar T he Potelikiii Nititiny. By Richaird Hough. (Haruish Hamilton, I8s.) '-I III.Y ominously turn to Odessa, forging a furrow of doom.' Pasternak was to write...

Heaven Knows Who. By Christianna Brand.

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It's a Crime IHe:aven Knows Who. By Christianna Brand, (MIichad.l Jocph, 2-is.) Who killed Jess MC1c1 nson, in Glasgoxw on tile n1igh1t Of JLily 4. 1862bonny yoCUn g Jessie...

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[SIR,-Presumably Barbara Wootton would condemn...]

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SIRl.-- 11rCsuLIblyIIIN' Barbara \WtOOttOfl would condemn murder rather than the murderer. I agree. 'I am ashamed of mv country . . .' rather than its action, therefore seems a...

LADY CHATTERLEY

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LAI)Y CHA'TitIRLEY SIR,--My friend I.an Gregor is surely wrong about Lady (,'Iihtterle!v's Lovcr. The argument at the Old Bailev was about whether the law ought in certain...

[SIR,-Lady Wootton could wish that she were not...]

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Sii,---Lady Wootton could wish that she were not British. Her countrnicmn, so lost in iniquity as to be unable to appreciate the advantagcs conferred on them lby her presence...

AND FIGHT AGAIN

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ANI) IG(;IlF' AGAIN S .irt, Roy Jenkins is undoubtedly correct when he saiys timt onl tile known v'oti ng of thc trade unions at the I abourr Parts con! erncue the constituency...

SOUTH TYROL

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SO)UT TY{'I\ROL SIR, --People who fecl for Tyrol will lhave been pleased to read Sarali Gainham's article iln your last issuc. Unlike her, I am inclined to go even further and...

FRINGE MEDICINE

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FRINGIE NMEDl)ICINE SIIZ.--- sli &1dld liner tO) Conl loratlla.tC )yOuI 111 o vour in it j ivye iII t a

[SIR,-It would be better to devote the whole force...]

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SIn,-- It would be better to devote the whole force Of Your, palrc to the abolition of the death pena.lty than to sneer ;a the Homc Secretary for the per- formance of his...

THE CONGO

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THE C)NGO) Siim,--My experience disagrees with I. RI M. Creighton's assertion in his Congo article (Spectator, Novemiber IX) thiat 'the only bloodshed has been by mistake,...

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Poltergeist

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Io)ltergeist fhIl tile collicis of Kingst0di begai to sihl \hdtl hrigh I i11gel 'i'OSScd I h1cv goIf'. r\elx idl ing 111C: ,,t roads ,,1 F1.1,4,1dlz. ihat ic;dll (\omall nc n...

Night Rider

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Night Rider 1u11111ch l (bd 1a lieraldic horse ()rle-y gallops as I d rca in, hifel'iS through a wind whose force Ini~kes thle prairie sh rink anid t1 e ramin, blll lor all its...

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'Blackice, the Electric Rembrandt'

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'Blackice, the Electric Rembrandt' We watch through tile shop-front lilte 13;llckie (draw,\\s stars - an cqual. ('oncentration onl his and thle outingstel'rs faces. '[he hand...

Max

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CHRISTMAS BOOKS Max 131, KIN(iSI.IiY AN IS T1HERE are certain writers likely to tempt the critic ilntO i kindl of hypocritical generosity. °fne canl hardly contemplate...

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STEAK HOUSES

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ST EAK IIOUSIES Siim,-As the originalors of stcak houses in this country, we teel compelled to write to you to clear up one or two points arising from Leslie Adrian's excellent...

CLERICAL BLOOD PRESSURES

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CLERICAL BLOOD PRESSURES Smi,-- Miss Furlong missed the point of my Observer article on the Anglican clergy, and no doubt will miss the point of my book on the Church ol...

ARTHUR RACKHAM

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ARTHUR RAtCKHAM SIR,---EVCen so peevish an1d unchlarital e a1 critic :15 Mr. Grigson is entitled to his views, howevel hlititJ they ma! be to the feelings or rcputations of...

'I AM A PORNOGRAPHER'

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'I AM A PORNOGRAIZh'U1ER' Swil,--Alas. Mr. Nicolas Walter is correct, Vlad(limlir Nabokov and Lawrence l)urrcIl have applredCL in *I'he Traveller's Companion Scries. However,...

[SIR,-I would like to state that all my family and...]

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Sjit,---l would like to state that all my family and myself have bencfited from chiropractice and it is particularly important to me in the business I am in and with the falls...

[SIR,-May I reply to Mr. K. D. Crow?]

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SIIw,---.Nltiy I reply lo MIr. K. 1). Crow? I wais not tlking a ia ndoi shot at private practice aLs such : WaiS siMilly a1gUilng from my own experience. As an altCrIna:tivc...

[SIR,-Those evocative Socialist catch phrases chosen...]

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Slit, - hose evocative Socialist catch phrases chosen by your correspondent A. D. Lewis -thc 'private lortLunles . . .amassed' by consultants within the NUS, sound even sillier...

'NEW POEMS 1960'

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'NEIW POEINMS 1960' SIR,---Mr. John Wain (November 11, 1960) seems to takc a highly jaundiced view of New Poets 1960. He does not mention that this PEN annual anthology is...

[SIR,-A correspondent expresses surprise at your...]

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SIR,--A corrcsponldident CxprCsscs surprise -at your statement that 'the ftundamental fallacy in the NHS as it is constituted today is the assuimption that medical treatment...

[SIR,-May I refer to Mr. Donleavy's letter in your...]

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SIR,-- NMay r icicr to NI. ixDonteih';s\ l edt ic il %Oulr issue of November 1I concerning IThe Giigi.i.Cj A.la! Whaitever Mr. I)onleavy's views ma\, he ab)otjt pornography. I...

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Ballade of the Morning After

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Ballade of the Morning After Hangovers vary: one aiflicts the head. Another hits the guts with arctic cold. The third one makes you wish that VOLI were dead. The fourth juist...

Portuguese Potables

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Portuguese Potables IT : 196() Budget knockcd two shillings a bottle in duty oil wi nes imported in bottle and ofl forltifed wines-o[ which sherry, port and madeira are by a...

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Beer and Stout in the Kitchen

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Beer and Stout in the Kitchen By ELIZABETH DAVID A YEAR or two ago, lunching in my favouLitc London-French restaurant, one of the other guests in tiic party ordered...

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Special Occasion

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Special Occasion By SIMON RAVEN SOME six years ago, Whell I was in Germany, my friend Edward told me that there was to be a special dance in Halnover thc following Saturday. A...

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The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Edited by Charles Neider.

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Devil ihness 'IThe Autoliograiphiy of NMark T waEin. E lited by ( ha.rles Nele.'i., (Chatto zind k?)JRILJS, ?---A i IuImY ConlScioUS that he had corulpted a3z" misused his...

The Baldwin Age. Edited by John Raymond.

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All Smiles I The Baldwin Age. Edited by John Raymond. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 25s.) MtR. JOHN RAYMOND is a pyrotechnic essayist of outstanding talent. There are few subjects...

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Memoires Interieurs. By Francois Mauriac. Translated by Gerard Hopkins. So Be It: or The Chips Are Down. By Andre Gide. Translated by Justin O'Brien.

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Distillations Mimoires Inteiricurs. By Franqois Mauriac. Translated by Gerard Hopkins. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 21s.) So lie It: or The Chips Are Down. By Andrd Uide. I...

A Victorian Romantic: Dante Gabriel Rossetti. By Oswald Doughty. The Quest of the Golden Boy: The Life and Letters of Richard Le Gallienne. By Richard Whittington-Egan and Geoffrey Smerdon.

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Tragic and Trivial A Victorian Romantic: Dante Gabricl Rossett Bly Oswald DOughty. (O.U.1P., 50s.) 'TIhe Quest of the Golden Boy: The Life and Letters of Richard Le...

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Soldiers and Sailors

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Soldicrs and Sailors Ir is the CUStoln to regard cxplorers as a MiXtULrC of the heroic and the perverse. 'Meii are unwise and culiously planned,' explains a bystander to the...

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The War at Sea. The Navy at War. By Captain S. W. Roskill.

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Wires and Fenders |I he War at Siea. Vol. 3, Part 1. (H.M.S.O., I n45s.) TIhe Nav, at War. (Collins, 30s.) Byi I (,'iptiln S. W. Roskill. T uil 1latest vollnile of' C a...

John Jacob of Jacobabad. By H. T. Lambrick. Army Diary 1899-1926. By R. Meinertzhagen.

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Old Soldiers John!I ,Tac,! o I, .ICLi)oINabd. Bdy IH. T. LamrnbriC' I (( 63-,.) 1 Armv D)iarv 1899-1926. Byv R. Mclnitilm;,nn I (O(livcr mnd B,,, 1 35s.) Ati.i r. iders of...

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The Old Man Puts His Armour On

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The Old Man Puts His Armour On Fr o in DA R S I 1: G I 1, 1, I E N A Is I PIMI SII)I.N I 1)1. G(. 1.1 iS I [C e1teeiidL UW Ol ;I provisional set of i litittions for Algeria...

East African Federation

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East African Federation TIII R:l are man,1l1y rCeaSn)lS \ll, the propos.al lor an East African Federation should be welcomed: and nonc, except practical duiliculties. why it...

News from Moscow

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Ncwvs from Moscow (~l Pell1 lettIeIl' (I tl12 E-XeCLI1I\C ((I T :I);ttCe Of the African StUdents' Unioln iln tleJ USSR - or of those members of it who,)0 hav\;Ing rctulnIled to...

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O Rare Hoffnung. Come Here Till I Tell You. By Patrick Campbell. A Version of the Truth. By Nicolas Bentley.

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Prison Visitors and(I Patrick Campbell 0 Rare I

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Jackson Pollock. By Bryan Robertson.

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Big Art .Jackson Pollock. By Blryan Robertson. (ThaillCm I alnd Hudson, 5 gnls.) Tilis is thc first important book to be produced in England on a mmiller of thel New York...

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Billy the Kid

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John Bull's Schooldays Billy the Kid By WILLIAM GOLDING ON the first day, ILily, Ily nuILse, took me to school. We went hand-in-hand through the churchyard, down thc T'own...

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The Past We Share. Edited by Peter Quennell and Alan Hodge. An Illustrated History of France. By Andre Maurois.

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Family Albums I I The Past We Share. Edited by Peter Quennell ! I and Alan Hodge. (Weidenfeld and NicolsOI1 I 63s.) I I An Illustirated History of France. By Andre I N...

The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald.

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Fitzgerald's I The IBodiey Head Sco 'ilt izgerald. Vol. Ill. (20s.) ''ll]: puzzle is how TINi.i Side( of Para(dis( cver caime to be publishCd, let aloeC tl(o) it c ,n1e to be...

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Pope Joan. Adapted from the Greek of Emmanuel Royidis by Lawrence Durrell. Sundays. By Daisy Fellowes. The Doctor is Sick. By Anthony Burgess. A Road to Disaster. By Douglas Baber.

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Four Fantasies Pope Joapn. Adapted from the Greek of EminaIIelCi Royidis by Lawrence DuIrell. I (I)Deltsch, I 5s.) I Sundays. By Daisy F1ellowes. (WVcidcnlcld and I N...

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Investment Notes

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Investment Notes lBy C USTI'OS T1ll. cxcitemcnlt over the Ford bid should not Tprevent investo[s pondering carelully the cautionary remarks of Sir L eonard Lord to...

Company Notes

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Company Notes IN lebl-Uary this year, Sir Stuart Goodwin, the president of Neepsend Steel and Tool, reported that there liad been a serious recession in the company's busieICss...

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Portrait of the Week

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f-Portrait of the Week-- MR- MICII!.s l. i-{)oT was returned to lParliament by Ebbw Vale, to the admirably concealed delight Of Mr. (;aitskell, but as something of a...

AUTO-ANTI-AMERICANISM

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AUTO-ANTI-AMERICANISMI F Aot some time Britain has been free from serious outbreaks of a disease that has been endemic here since thc war: auto-aniti-Americanism. It last broke...

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Eton. By Christopher Hollis.

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Prospect of Eton EIton. By C(hristoplher Flollis. (Hollis and Carter, 30s.) SINCI, figuIrattiVely speaking, these words are surrounded by holly, bells, robins andl...

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An Important Publication

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An Important Publication By EVELYN WAUGH* Miss FuiRL.ONi hlas lately revealed in the pages ol Ihlie Spu,( (ljaO1 that she finds the Fnglish very shy of tallki ng ahout...

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The Importance of Being O'Connor

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The Importance of Being O 'Connof! 13Y DONALD D)AVIE I O F his second book* (I haven't read thc first), P'hilip O'Connor ttily saIys, 1 ]his is, Of course, a record of...

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The Glass Ladder. By June. Sing As We Go. By Gracie Fields.

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June and Gracic The class Ladder. By June. (Heiiecniatin, 25s.) Sing As We Go. By Gracic Fields. (Mullcr, ISs.) VERNACULAR philosophy is littered with cliches that secem to...

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Literary Landfails. By Dominique Aury. Translated by Denise Folliot.

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Back to Secrets I Literar. ILandial~ls. Bry D)ominici lute Aitry. TIrais- I Lited by Dcllisc I.()I I iot. (ChlittO .111(i WiIWLIS, i l s.) jv N1ii AtumY ha;s gotic hack 1a...

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War in the Desert. By John Bagot Glubb.

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Prospective Pasha War in the Desert. By John Bagot Glubb. (Hiod der and Stoughton, 25s.) TmIs is how Glubb set out in the direction Of Glubb Pasha. The man who ended his...

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Restoration England. By Sir Arthur Bryant.

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Wld Merry Bryant I R t4) ial i(on En Ilgland. By Sir Ar iIL r31 li rlvatt. i (( ollins. 2is.) I IIS book \Vas origi n1ally published in 193-1 \\ wil1 tlie title I-Digland...