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Appearances

Strung green in tire-glows, this cloud was, A net for catching nothing; light leaked through it. It aimed south — had a darting look : a posture That told a lie—it died there......

Plays And Adventures The Real Figaro: The Extraordinary...

Caron de Beauniarehais. By Cynthia Cox. (Longrnans, 25s.) MOST of us know him as the author of two plays which later became the libretti of famous operas. The second Figaro......

Man Under Stress

They Survived. By Wilfrid Noyce. (Heine- mann, 25s.) MAN'S capacity for endurance is a subject found in all kinds of literature; it is, I suppose, the real theme of all stories......