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Solemn Boy. By Hector Bolitho. (chatto And 1y 7s.....

Shrove belongs to the third gen of English - settlers in- New South Wales, and Mr. follows his development from childhood to maturity. schooldays in Sydney, his idyllic......

This Desirable Residence. By Margaret (crosby Lockwood....

•managet Marthas, are apt to become gods, and when this happens gradually turn into vampires, capable of sucking a soul away. " The Desirable • Residence " to which Ili......

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The Secretary Of State. By Stephen Mckenna. (butterworth....

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The Quest Of Reality. By. A. Wyatt (heinemann.' 10s....

work, though complete itself, forms a sequel to the author's Etioluti(in of Consejo!' That book dealt with man's perception of the -physical this, with the conditions under......

Crazy Pavements. By Beverley Nichols. (('ape. 7s....

(though one would hesitate to dO so) describe Mr. Beverley Nichols's new book as "a novel with a purpose," for he relates the adventures of a young journalist who is taken up,......