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Ten Feet Tall

The Super-Americans. By John Bainbridge. (Gollancz, 30s.) AFTER what many people call 'the American Civil War'—what I prefer to call by its legal title, 'the War of the......

Cradle And Rocks

Prehistoric Crete. By R. W. Hutchinson. (Pelican, 10s. 6d.) AT the outset of this eagerly anticipated and deeply satisfying survey, Mr. Hutchinson has a reminder for the general......