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Credo Quia Absurdum

First and Last Loves. By John Betjeman. (John Murray. 20s.) WE live, says Mr. Betjeman, in the age not of the Common Man but of the Average Man : " There is a refinement about......

Autumn Books Supplement

R. L. S. Voyage to Windward : The life of Robert Louis Stevenson, By J. C. Furnas. (Faber. 25s.) IT is hardly possible, however one may hesitate to dispute a statement printed......