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New Novels

On the Beach. By Nevil Shute. (Heinemann, 15s.) Tongues of Angels. By Sylva Norman. (Seeker and Warburg, I 8s.) ' The Girl in Front of Cook's. By Reese Wolfe. (Constable, 12s.......

Three Dutchmen

Rembrandt and Spinoza. By W. R. Valentiner. (Phaidon, 21s.) JUST outside Amsterdam there lives an old, well- known and respected Dutch painter. He has worked hard throughout his......

Short Stories

Adam, One Afternoon, and Other Stories. By Halo Calvino. (Collins, 13s. 6d.) Journeys We Shall Never Make. By Monica Stirling. (Gollancz, 13s. 6d.) ALDOUS HUXLEY'S short stories......