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Impermanent Way

The Railway Age. By Michael Robbins. (Rout- ledge, Kegan Paul, 15s.) MR. ROBBINS says his 'longish essay,' which is about railways and society in Britain, mainly in the......

Dug-out And Dog-sled

Witch-Doctor's Apprentice. By Nicole Maxwell. (Gollancz, 25s.) LUCKY Longmans to be the publishers of the Duke of Edinburgh's Birds from Britannia. It is the sort of book that......