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Di Vided Arts

LiissING is perhaps a critic's critic; he retains his classical status without being much read by the world at large. Why is Laocoon a classic? It is a short but untidy and......

Effective Chekhov

The Vet's Daughter. By Barbara Comyns. (Heinemann, 13s, 6d.) A Woman Besieged. By Desmond Stewart. (Heinemann, 16s.) A Way of Love. By James Courage. (Cape, 15s.) THIRTY or......