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Girl In Russia

Russian Child and Russian Wife. By Tanya Matthews. (Victor Gollancz. 15s.) Tins is a disturbing book. There have been many books about life in the Soviet Union, but few writers......

Miss Bowen's New Novel

The Heat of the Day. By Elizabeth Bowen. (Cape. Os. 6d.) autumn evening comes from the pages. Throughout the - War atmosphere with its tension and exaltation, the heightened......

Fleet Street And Westminster

Politics and the Press, 1780-1850. By Professor Arthur Aspinall. (Home and Van Thal. 42s.) IMMENsE industry must have gone to the production of this volume, but for whom it is......