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Old Wives' Tale

J. G. FARRELL Born in Exile George Gissing (Gollancz 50s) Memoirs of an English Officer Daniel Defoe (Gollancz 50s) The Manchester Man Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks (Gollancz 50s)......

New Novels

Invisible man BARRY COLE Ali and Nino Kurban Said (Hutchinson 30s) A Family Failure Renate Rasp translated by Eva Figes (Calder and Boyars 30s) The Kindling Janice Elliott......

Pound Revalued

Martin SEYMOUR-SMITH The Life of Ezra Pound Noel Stock (Rout- ledge 70s) Noel Stock, an Australian critic, was one of Pound's many disciples during the Tate 'forties and......