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Shorter Notices

The Machiavellians. By James Burnham. (Putnam. 7s. 6d.) To wish that your enemy had written a book may have been enough in Old Testament days, but today how much better to wish......

Contacts With Greece

Greece and Britain. By Stanley Casson. (Collins. 75. 6d.) A BOOK like this is a little hard on the author. It is the first of a new series on Britain's relations with various......

Fiction

The People Immortal. By Vassili Grossman. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d.) The Barricades. By Philip Toynbee. (Putnam. 8s. 6d.) THESE two titles suggest battle, and the " jtist cause "......