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Whale On The Strand

Anzio : The Gamble That Failed. By Martin Blurnenson. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 25s.) DESPITE an only fairly well restrained inclination to make German generals give a low......

Best Of Saki

AT first it seems incongruous. The early work of H. H. Munro (Saki)—the monologues of Reginald—entertain in a mild, mannered sort of way. They belong to those satirists who......

Explorers And Exploiters

RECENT interest in the characters and achieve- ments of the great Victorian scholar-explorers, although belated, is very welcome. Mr. Farwell's biography of Sir Richard Burton,......