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ONE STAIR UP. By Campbell Nairne. .(PorPoise Press. 7s. 64.)..,An

excellently ,constructed tale. ot_aix Edinburgh family in which were a professional footballer, a waitress, a bookseller's - a.ssiatant, and Rosa Mr Nairrie- is to be congratulated on a vivid and very well-written first novel.