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DAMP DYNAMITE
The Spectator' HIS Man Is Dynamite,' the Daily Herald has been T telling us, in a profile of Mr. Frank Cousins : 'he knows where he is going.' Reading the articles at the breakfast table—if...
THE
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Round and Round the Mulberry Bus
The SpectatorBy DARSIE GILLIE P You would have to go a long way 16ack to find a visit by a British Prime Minister to Paris during which helmeted riot police were on guard outside the British...
DEAD ON ARRIVAL?
The SpectatorT now looks as though there is some danger of I any new plan for 'interdependence' having to be marked 'DOA' at the December NATO meet- ing in Paris. President Eisenhower's...
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Plan for Cyprus
The SpectatorBy PETER BENENSON Nicosia T is eight long months since Eoka called the I truce and Makarios was freed. Since then the British Government has reappraised its strategic policy,...
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We tend here to think of the press as some-
The Spectatorthing independent of, occasionally even menaced by, advertising. A few days in the US is enough to show how utterly false this is—and the incalcul- able extent to which the...
THE INCOMPARABLE strength of Richardson—it hag been said a thousand
The Spectatortimes before, and it is true' is his understanding of the goodness and simplicity of ordinary people.
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A selection of Books for the Young
The SpectatorStories for Girls Choseti by KATHLEEN LINES 0. Henry to Painzla Whitlock. 15/- Stories for Boys Chosen by ANTHONY BUCKERIDGE "A very successful anthology." JUNIOR BOOKSHELF....
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This new and exciting story—the 10th in the series—is the
The Spectatorbook for which all Malcolm Saville's enthusiastic readers and Lone Pine Club members have been waiting, with a setting right in the heart of the country's capital city. It is a...
MALCOLM SAVILLE
The Spectatorcomes to Town for the real - life setting of his latest Lone Pine Book .1 4 N PINE E tow, I LO PINE LON17° 4,0fteval
Eleanor Farjeon's The Children's Bells is Jr signed as a
The Spectatorcompanion to her collection of storie s The Little Bookroom. The poems vary in 1 11 ° °c1 Some may find her verse a little whimsical (`A ° , • I will get out when the water goes...
No marks to the Harvill Press for reissuing Mrs. Molesworth's
The Spectatortwo fairy stories with only two mingy frontispieces. They lose enormously from being stripped of their Victorian engravings; but, catering for younger children than the rest of...
The cover of This Way Delight should entice any child
The Spectatorto open it immediately. Sir Herbert. Read has selected those poems which are particularly appropriate for children since they ignore adult experiences while never appearing...
There
The Spectatorand cowherd to `Bas Celik,' the long tale of „ rho , and dragons, and should appeal to all ages. d e s is a harshness about the ancient Welsh star t ore which makes Legends of...
ch wonderful richness and imagination. Every ild f irst should hear
The Spectatorthese legends and this version , published as a Puffin Book, is easy on the rea der With the one black exception quoted, all these books are well illustrated, most notably thc...
in. Birds of prey pounce on monkeys gambolling in jungle
The Spectatorcanopies; land splits, mountains fold and eccentric early animals have their usual sad look of guessing they won't last long. Reading Aloud The Secret Garden. By Frances...
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T HIS book* is enthralling for one reason which I do
The Spectatornot think any reviewer will deny. It sustains the narrative of one of the most compli- cated and fantastic political episodes in English history over 350 pages with a lucidity...
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We once saw a cartoon of a row of robots
The Spectatormaking a row of robots, and the owner of the factory was saying to his friend "I wonder where it will all end!" We are quite ready to admit that we are not averse to some forms...
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First Overland
The SpectatorThe Story of the Oxford and Cambridge Far East Expedition TIM SLESSOR —Sunday Times. 62 photographs 2IS. Cyprus A Portrait and an Appreciation SIR HARRY LUIZE The author...
colour) and line drawings 63s.
The SpectatorFOR BOYS AND GIRLS By Kate Seredy Phi lomena "Charming."—News Chronicle. "It has the placid simplicity of the peasant folk among whom Philomena grows up, and the dancing...
