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The Arrow War: An Anglo-chinese Confusion 1856 - 60...

30s) Gunboats galore PETER FLEMING John Masefield once wrote an adventure- story called `coma'; this title, which baffled a public not yet habituated to the household use of......

East-west Axis

ART BOOKS FRANCIS WATSON To come across the signature of Bernard Leach among the current artbookware tweaks the antennae. Just so, one feels, did a recent visitor to an......

Shorter Notices

Accident: The Death of General Sikorski David Irving (Kimber 45s). Historical who- dunit with a supporting cast which includes Goebbels and Stalin. Much fascinating research......