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Medieval Burma

She Was a Queen. By Maurice Collis. (Faber. 15s.) IT was in the year 1829 that King Bagyidaw of Burma, Sovereign of the Umbrella-holding Kings and Master of the White Elephant,......

Sophistication And After

Not So Deep as a Well. By Dorothy Parker. (Hamish Hamilton. 6s.) A Good Time Was Had By All. By Stevie Smith. (Cape. _ss.) THESE two books recall sharply to my mind the......