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A Poet's Prospect

A PROSPECT OF BRITAIN. By Andrew Young. (Hutchinson, I 6.s.) THIS is a fine and pleasing book, far above the general run of con- temporary 'books about the countryside.' Its......

New Nobs

FRENCH LEAVE. By P. G. Wodehouse. (Herbert Jenkins, 10s. 6d.) WITH the dry rot and John Betjeman hovering solicitously over Blandings Castle, with Jeeves in the service of a......

Down To The Sea Again

THE EDGE OF THE SEA. By Rachel Carson. (Staples, 18s.) MISS CARSON has .dived more deeply into more books about the s ea than most professional oceanographers with a set of......

Without Prejudice

THE SHIRT OF NESSUS. By Constantine Fitz Gibbon. (Cassell, 21s.) THE events of July 20, 1944, in Hitler's headquarters are not only of interest to historians; they have......