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The Parasites Of Birds

Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos. By Miriam Rothschild and Theresa Clay. (Collins. 21s.) PARASITES have often been labelled degenerates. Not only is their way of life naturally......

Exiled Virtuoso

Rachmaninoff. By Victor I. Seroff. (Cassell. 21s.) Tins is an easily-written, readable biography, which gives in con- siderable detail the background of Rachmaninoff's early......

The Strong Boy

John L. Sullivan : 'Champion of Champions. By Nat Fleischer. (Robert Hale. 18s.) "WHEN once that I was and a little tiny boy," I was taken to a Glasgow music-hall. On the stage......