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Prodigies And Others

Surgeon's Journey. By J. Johnston Abraham. (Heinemann, 25s.) EVERY second autobiography is written by a prodigy—someone, insatiably pleased with him- self, who thinks it would......

Putting Back The Clock

Atlantis and the Giants. By Denis Saurat. (Faber, 12s. 6d.) THIS is a depressing and disturbing book, not just because of what it says, but because of who says it. It is the......