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Fiction

This Was the Old Chief's Country. By Doris Lessing. (Michael Joseph. 9s. 6d.) No Arms, No Armour. By Robert Henriques. (Collins. nos. 6d.) EVERY human experience depends for its......

Benefactor Of Oxford

The Life of Dr. John Radcliffe, 1652-1714. By Campbell R. Holm. (Faber. I ' • DR. JOHN RADCLIFFE rose from humble circumstances to wealth and fame, yet there was nothing of the......

In An Editorial Note To The Spring Number Of The

Cornhill, Mr. Peter Quennell announces his retirement from the editorship, which in future will be vested anonymously in the House of Murray. The news of Mr. Quennell's......