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Whitest Africa

The Mottled Lizard. By Elspeth Huxley. (Chatto and Windus, 21s.) No one can make us sympathise with the )14.enya settlers as Mrs. Huxley can, whether she is writing a......

Instant Novel

The Admiral and the Nuns. By Frank Tuohy. (Macmillan, 18s.) THESE three excellent collections of short stories, one American, one British and one Yiddish, offer some interesting......