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Soviet Foreign Policy

Ttia second volume of Mrs. Degras' invaluable compilation should earn the same golden opinions as the first. The student of Soviet policy has never before had so useful an aid......

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......

Fiction

Chosen Country. By John Dos Passos. (Lehmann. 15s.) The Inspector of Ruins. By Elsa Triolet. Translated by Norman Cameron. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1 Is. 6d.) The Witch's......