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Old Glory

The Glory of Parliament. By Harry Boardman. (Allen and Unwin, 21s.) MANY years ago, my friend Taper and I used to sit of a night in the Brebis qui Tousse, sipping cup after......

A Season In Brazil Two Weeks In Another Town. By

Irwin Shaw. (Cape, 18s.) Camphor. By James Garford. (Faber, 15s.) FRANK TUOHY'S The Animal • Game was easily the best first novel to appear in 1957, showering rockets of promise......

Writing Despicably ' It Ehlgent, It Absorbs And...

and it lacks only the critical force of Joyce. Mr. Baines corrects hardy bio- j 1 r4 ,Phieal mistakes, some of them Conrad's own; hn na.s energetically added to existing......