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States Of Industry

C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON Management and Machiavelli Antony Jay (Hodder and Stoughton 25s) A current illusion is that ancient and mediaeval history can be regarded as irrelevant to......

New Novels

Breast-beatings DAVID GALLOWAY My Friend Says It's Bullet-Pt'oof Penelope Mortimer (Hutchinson 25s) The Paradox Players Maureen Duffy (Hutchin- son 25s) Orchestra and Beginners......

Shorter Notices

Pushkin David Margarshack (Chapman and Hall 63s). The first English biography for thirty years of the famous Russian writer who was killed in a duel in 1837. Strongly recom-......