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Two Chinas

IN Two CHINAS. MEMOIRS OF A DIPLOMAT. By K. M. Panikkar. (Allen and Unwin, 12s. 6d.) THESE two books are by writers as different from each other in background, training,......

The Shallow End

RUSSIAN HOLIDAY. By Allan Chappelow. (Harrap, 18s.) THE SOVIET UNION AFTER STALIN. By Helene and Pierre Lazareff. (Odhams, 16s.) IN A recent review I divided books on the Soviet......

Early Memories

THE family holiday at the `ozone factories' is a comparatively modern institution. The English are a valiant race and the appear- ance of smutty trains with knife-board seats......