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When You Die

Death into Life. By Olaf Staplerlon. (Methuen. 7s. 6d.) THIS book was bound to raise hopes , and then disappoint them. For it begins with death and goes on to vaster and vaster......

Understanding France

Over to France. By Pierre Maillaud. Translated by Francis Cowper. (Oxford University Press. 7s. 6d.) ON the minds of many who love and admire France the reading of Professor......

Russia's Crisis

The Year of Stalingrad. By Alexander Werth. (Hamish Hamilton. 15s.) THERE was never a battle which had at once such dramatic content and such historical significance as......