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Noblest Frenchman Of Them All

ROBERT SKIDELSKY De Gaulle Jean Lacouture (Hutchinson 45s) Shaw's Julius Caesar addresses to the giant sphinx the following soliloquy : 'I am he of chose genius you are a......

City Lights

TERENCE BENDIXSON The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs (Cape 38s) - • Jane Jacobs has rare qualities as an observer and commentator on city life. She manages to combine the......

Man Of Parts

PATRICK ANDERSON All About H. Hatterr G. V. Desani with an introduction by Anthony Burgess (Bodley Head 30s) One remembers with affection the Maharajah Sahib of J. R. Ackerley's......