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U-talk

SIR IAIN MONCREIFFE How to Pronounce It Alan Ross (Hamish Hamilton 30s) Few things are more embarrassing than tell- ing the truth about matters of social distinc- tion.......

Pukka Sahib

AUBERON WAUGEI The Prevalence of Witches Aubrey Menen (Chatto and Windus, The Landmark Library 25s) The Chosen Place, The Timeless People (Part Two) Paule Marshall (Longman 35s)......

False Truths

J. ENOCH . POWELL Appearance and Reality in International Relations Grant Hugo (Chatto and Windus 35s) Statesmen and politicians are not, upon the whole, false men—not, that is......