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Lives In The Balance •

The Adopted Child. By•Mary Ellison. (Gollancz, 16s.) . , 'OF the world's nine hundred million children . two-thirds lack adequate food, clothing, shelter and protection against......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 139. E. I. UMNOFF (`Schachmaty,' 1921) BLACK (8 men) WHITE (8 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by......

A Doctor's Notebook

Relax ! rrHIS morning three patients came in, one after 1 the other, and asked for advice because they couldn't relax. It seems that the state of being relaxed nowadays is in......

This And That

Georgian Afternoon. By L. E. Jones. (Rupert Hart-Davis, 21s.) Doctor Goes North: Scotland Revisited. By George Mair. (Peter Owen, 2 Is.) With Lions by my Side. By Paulette Lloyd......