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Fiction

The Struggles of Albert Woods. By William Cooper. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) ' A Many-Splendoured Thing. By Han Suyin. (Cape. 15s.) Land from the Sea. By Showell Styles. (Faber. 12s. 6d.)......

In The Garden

The Victorian Flower Garden. By Geoffrey Taylor. (Skeffington. 12s. 6d.) Gardenage. By Geoffrey Grigson. (Routledge & Kegan Paul. 21s.) - The Flower in Season. By Jocelyn......

Crime Without Detection

Ii' literature reflects life, then we can fairly say that the inductions to be drawn from recent crime fiction are depressing. True detection is moribund if not already dead :......