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The Second String

Poems. By D. S. MacColl. (Blackwell. 7s. 6d.) AT the age of eighty, Mr. MacColl publishes his first book of verse, and prefaces it with a photograph of himself in 1882, at the......

Many Waters

By Many Waters. By A. R. B. Haldane. (Nelson. los. 6d.) THE present writer was once fortunate enough to enjoy the thrilling privilege—for a fisherman—of taking over, for a few......

Brock's Benefit

The Stoat. By Lynn Brock. (Crime Club. 7s. 641) Murder at the Munition Works. By G. D. H. and M. Cole . (Crime Club. 7s. 6d.) Danger Road. By Mark Saxton. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) -......