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A New Life

Four Years' Harvest. By Frances Donaldson. (Faber and Faber. 7s. 6d.) MRS. DONALDSON, as she described in her earlier Approach to Farm- ing, decided to buy a farm when. her......

Books Of The Day

Topical Commentaries For the Time Being. By W. H. Auden. (Faber and Faber. 8s. 6d.) THIS latest •book of Mr. Auden's contains two works—a commen- tary on The Tempest and a......