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IN NEXT WEEK'S SPECTATOR:

A. J. Ayer writes on Anthony Quin- ton's new book; Eric Christiansen surveys the history of the Poles; P. J. Kavanagh writes on Russian poets; Humphrey Carpenter on Thurber's letters. Lucy Hughes-Hallett on the Red Indians and Caroline Moorhead on new fiction.