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The Wide South

CONSUMING INTEREST By LESLIE ADRIAN No one in his right senses goes to the South of France in August. Which only serves to support the view that half the world is mad, for there......

Alteration

The fickleness of things— The shed leaf, and the dropped Banana skin. Things change And we are altered—flat On our backs, looking up At the drilling squadrons Of remote......

Shades Of Kipling

The Jewel in the Crown. By Paul Scott. (Heine- mann, 30s.) A Long Way to Shiloh. By Lionel Davidson. (Gollancz, 25s.) The Margravine. By Leslie Hiscott. (Mac- Donald, 21s.) -......