28 MARCH 1958, Page 32

A graphic and entertaining "Pommie's"-eye view of life and work

down under by a young English bachelor who recently emigrated to start a new life in Australia. 234 pp., 9 pp. of illus. 18s. Od. net

Colonel, the Hon. F. H. (Fred) Cripps,

The crowded reminiscences of Fred Cripps, broi,loi or Sir Stafford Cripps, nephew of Beatrice Webb, soldier, stock nroker, gambler and popular min-about-town. 226 pp., 17 pn. of illus. 25s. kid. not FROM ALL BOOKSELLERS

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