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Nostro Uomo

OF all the national heroes thrown up by the nineteenth century. Garibaldi is virtually alone in having retained his halo undimmed. It is not clear whether this is a result of......

Philosophers Of Life

The Novelist as Philosopher. Studies in French Fiction, 1935-1960. Edited by John Cruick- shank. (O.U.P., 21s.) THERE should by now be a formula (which could be kept permanently......

Aa To Tuff

Volcanoes. By Fred M. Bullard. (Nelson, 45s.) Usrru. the mushrooms actually sprang up over the first atomic explosions, surely nothing could compete, for sheer drama, with a......