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Fiction

H. M. Pulham Esquire. By John P. Marquand. (Robert Hale. 9s-) And One Was Beautiful. By Alice Duer Mi ler. (Methuen. 75. 6d1 Under New Management. By Naomi Jacob. (Hutchinson.......

Finance And Investmen

By CUSTOS MARKETS are still on the defensive, and seem likely to re so for some considerable time. Although the Pacific war n is their chief, it is not their only enemy.......

Shorter Notices

Pattern of Conquest. By Joseph C. Harsch. (Heinemann. 8s. Ma. HARSCH, former correspondent of the Christian Sc Monitor in Berlin, cannot be said to write agreeable or correct......