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Rebuilding The

J. P. T. BURY Napoleon and Paris Maurice Guerrini trans- lated, abridged and edited by Margery Weiner (Cassell 84s) The historic links which bind Napoleon and Paris are made......

Cultifacts

G. S. KIRK Hamlet's Mill: An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Mind Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend (Macmillan 84s) This imaginative but perverse volume repre- sents a......

Counter-moves

PERCIVAL SPEAR King of the World: The Life and Times of Shah Alam, Emperor of Hindustan Michael Edwardes (Seeker and Warburg 63s) There is a morbid fascination in the break- up......