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Four Out Of Seven

Seven Men of Wit. By Margaret J. Miller. (Hutchinson, 12s. 6d.) EDWARD LEAR was the second youngest of twenty-one children, grew up to draw birds and animals in beautiful......

Interest Rate And The Reserves

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT Playing with the rate of interest means playing ball with the international merchants of hot money. This should be regarded as beneath our dignity as a......

Plain Things And Coloured

The Rib of the Green Umbrella. By Naomi Mitchison. (Collins, 10s, 6d.) By now one knows what to expect of Naomi Mitchison : one knows that she will be strongly, if sometimes......