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Spring Books

NUMBERS of books inspired by the Coronation are appearing this spring. Members of the. Royal family, Royal homes, and Royal gardens, the British Court and character studies of "......

Old Men At Peking

Graybeards their long faded gowns worn lightly Take the air of early evening as it cools The foot of the Tartar Wall. A few climb To stand among the rubble where ten men have......

Fiction

The Spectacle. By Rayne Kruger. (Longmans. 10s. 6d.) M. PEYREFITTE'S novel has been widely reviewed and is being widely talked about. One can easily see why. The story of a......