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The Old Guard

Soldiers and Governments: Nine Studies in Civic. Military Relations. Edited by Michael Howard. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 21s.) 'THE subject of this . book is an enthralling and......

The Misera Blest People

lir. inhabitants of this country are the misera- _ °I est people in the world.' Thus William vampier, the first Englishman to see Australia, in 1688; but little did he know of......