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Grey Eminence

Harold Laski. By Kingsley Martin. (Gollancz. 21s.) THIS is a very able book about a very able man—one of the most remarkable, in sheer grey matter, of his generation. As with......

Portrait Of An Ogre

The Family Affairs of Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps' Studies No. 2). By A. N. L. Munby. (Cambridge University Press. 15s.) ANYONE familiar with the town of Cheltenham will be......

Crown For Britten

THE history of the arts can hardly provide another instance of a 400-page book, written by a score of contributors, being devoted to the work of a composer who has not yet......