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The Novelist's Methods

Time and the Novel. By A. A. Mendilow. (Peter Nevill. 15s.) ANYONE who has ever been concerned with Ph.D. theses knows how much luck there is in the original choice of subject.......

Sailing : Pleasure And Business

No Distress Signals. By Winifred Brown. (Peter Davies. 15s.) YACHTING expeditions seem destined these days to fall into three parts ; first, a decision to break away from the......