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Tim Hor•Low FIELD. By Marcel Ayme. (Constable. '7s. 6d.)—Feud, to

the death in a French village, brought about by 'the suicide of Aurelie Coindet. A sad, drab, rather striking story, unevenly translated by Miss Helen Waddell,. who trips us up with. remarks like "Had you mind of the hay for the mare ? "