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Code War

Secret Diplomacy : Espionage and Crypto- graphy, 1500 - 1815. By J. W. Thompson and Saul K. Padover. (Constable, 52s. 6d.) THIS book was first published in London in 1937 with......

Snow Fell

Snow fell last night. The town, the,country lie Submissive to its faceless empery. I walked this morning past the smothered woods, Then past the shopfronts and the doggy flats.......

The Tourist Beneath The Gown

DEFINITIVE travel books have now been written about most' of the world's accessible tourist centres. So eager trippers, bursting with holiday impressions, must seek indirect......