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Shorter Notices

The Indecisive Decade: The World of Fashion and Entertainment in the Thirties Madge Garland (Macdonald 63s). A useful handbook, and well-timed for those currently seeking to......

New Novels

East is West MAURICE CAPITANCHIK A Stronger Climate R. Prawer Jhabvala, (John Murray 25s) Forbidden Colours Yukio Mishima translated by Alfred H. Marks (Seeker and Warburg 35s)......

Force Of Habit

C. M. WOODHOUSE The Night the Police Went on Strike Gerald W. Reynolds and Anthony Judge (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 45s) A strike by the police has always seemed somehow contrary......