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Saint Simenon

RAYNER HEPPENSTALL Maigret's Pickpocket Georges Simenon (Hamish Hamilton 18s) The Old Man Dies Georges Simenon (Hamish • Hamilton 18s) Simenon in Court John Raymond (Hamish......

Luce Living

GEORGE HUTCHINSON At four, Henry Robinson Luce, child of American missionaries in China, was com- posing sermons. This infant aptitude was a pointer to what lay ahead. He became......

J. Pluvius & Co

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS In the Main J. S. Barker (Pelham Books 35s) There is always a difficulty about cricket books that give a ball-byrball account of a Test series which is......