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Croats Eate Children

Eric Christiansen The Thirty Years War Geoffrey Parker (et al) (Routledge & Kegan Paul £20) Tt seemed to go on for ever. Leathery, lunshaven pikemen traipsing over a fros- ty......

One-legged Super-tramp

Peter Quennell O sbert Sitwell has told us, among his memories of literary London, how, if W. H. Davies visited him at his pleasant house in Chelsea, although the middle- aged......

Reflection (after D .p .) An Old Neck In A

gold chain, An old foot in a silver shoe: An old fool in a new dress I wouldn't be her, would you? A new love in an old bed? She'll find more than the springs will creak: Connie......