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Infinite Regress

Hellenistic Culture: Fusion and Diffusion. By Moses Hadas. (O.U.P., 35s.) Tins is a book for anyone who thinks it helpful, or even meaningful, to be assured that 'the issue......

Wanted-new Ideas At The Treasury

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT WILL the new broom at the Treasury sweep the floor clean of outworn monetary ideas? There is not the slightest chance of it unless the system of direc-......

Cara And The Regius Professor

With Dearest Love to All: The Lite and Letters of Lady Jebb. By Mary Reed Bobbitt. (Faber, 25s.) IT is, I think, a good test of a book that you buy it and give it to your ft......