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A Champion Of Reason •

Diderot. Interpreter of Nature. Selected Writings. Trans- lated by Jean Stewart and Jonathan Kemp. Edited, with an Introduction, by- Jonathan Kemp. (Lawrence and Wishart. los.......

Franz Kafka

The Trial. By Franz Kafka. Translated by Edwin and Willa Muir. (Gollancz. 78. 6d.) THE greatness of Kafka's work lies, not in width of scope, but in originality. All his books......