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Poacher's Progress

Pastures New. By Ian Niall. (Heinemann. 10s. 6d.) JUSTIFICATION may doubtless be found for the title Pastures New, a volume succeeding Fresh Woods ; but to more literal . minds......

Fiction

The Owner. By Inez Holden. (Bodley Head. 12s. 6d.) I WISH it were possible to praise more highly the novels of Mr. R. C. Hutchinson. I have read most- of them and have always......

The Westminster

Westminster Hospital, 1719-1948. By John Langdon-Davies. (John Murray. 21s.) FORTUNATELY, of the two people who have written this book, Mr, Langdon-Davies, the historian, has......