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Dot Dot Dot

The New Rythum and other pieces. By Rona ld Firbank. (Duckworth, 21s.) RONALD FIRBANK would, perhaps, droop a 1 1, 13 t white eyelid, aghast and amused, to learn his position in......

A World Of Bull

Gilligan's Last Elephant. By Gerald Hanley. (Collins, 18s.) The Sound. By Ross Russell. (Cassell. 18s.) Tur Hemingway obsession has a certain attrac- tion. Here in Spain, every......