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Scalping Times

AUBERON WAUGH A Life of George Bent George E. Hyde (Uni- versity of Oklahoma Press/Bailey Bros. 57s) The American Heritage Book of Indians (Eyre and Spottiswoode 126s)......

Stored Hoards

MICHAEL BORRIE The Museum Age Germain Bazin (Desoer/ Literary Services and Production 7 gns) Why is 'museum,' like 'amateur,' becoming a term of deriSion among those who 'should......

A Hard Man

DAVID WILLIAMS Louis XIV John B. Wolf (Gollancz 84s) Standing at the corner of the Boulevard St Michel and the Rue Soufflot, staring up at the Pantheon, a friend once remarked......