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Fiction

IT is curious that the western mind, so richly provided with formal and deep-based symbols to fit the whole span of human experience, shoukl seek to adapt to its purposes,......

Late Arrival

I Came Out of France. By Cicely Mackworth. (Routledge. 75.6e AMONG the many escape-from-France books that have appeared this will rank for the ordinary reader as one of the most......

Shorter Notices

Miss THOMPSON'S new book is an amplification of her endearing Lark Rise, a book that stood out among the many Books-About- the-Country by its truth of tone (as in painting).......