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Bid Me To Weep

I AM FIFTEEN AND I DO NOT WANT TO DIE. By Christine Arnothy. (Collins, 10s. 6d.) A FRIGHTENED child suffering in the horrors of war is a theme to which we bring our own......

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Edward Gibbon BY PETER QUENNELL T HE ancient Athenians used sometimes to debate, strolling beneath the plane trees or lounging in the portico, whether an unmistakably ugly man......