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Microcosm

The Mayor Makers. By Francis Askham. (Secker and Warburg, 12s. 6d.) Jusr a parish church and a few farms before a garrison church was built there about a hun- dred years ago,......

A Different Laughter

The Anatomy of Satire. By Gilbert Highet. (Princeton and O.U.P., 30s.) THIS book should help to dispel the current belief, fostered by the press, that satire was re- cently......