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At The State's Pleasure

TRIAL BY ORDEAL. By Caryl Chessman. (Longmans, 18s.) Tins is a horrible book, and 1 would not advise anyone to read it for fun. Indeed, I should think very meanly of anyone who......

Hot And Cold

THIS IS OUR WORLD. By Louis Fischer. (Cape, 35s.) Our OF THE GUN. By Denis Warner. (Hutchinson, 18s.) BOTH these books are of the kind best described as first-rate reporting,......