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Burflaisace

Philip the Bold. By Richard Vaughan. (Con- stable, 30s.) BURGUNDY is the country that never happened. From the tripartite division of Europe under Charlemagne's sons, to Benelux......

Advise And Consent (contd.)

ALLEN Dauay's second novel, the 'sequel' to Advise and Consent, is even longer than the earlier story of the Administration's ruthless attempt to force through the Senate the......

Love Poems

am no puritan, But when it comes to two's To much experiment I must account obscene Or mean --I mean In verse. Love poems must remain A little plain. OFOFTliF:Y CiRIGSON......

Liberal Reality

Time of Arrival and Other Essays. By Dan Jacobson. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 21s.) A Theory of My Time. By Richard Rees. (Seeker and Warburg, 30s.) MR. JACOBSON is a judicious......