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Words And Friends

Power and Influence. An Autobiography. By Lord Beveridge. (Hodder and Stoughton. 30s.) Power and Influence. An Autobiography. By Lord Beveridge. (Hodder and Stoughton. 30s.) THE......

A New Critic

Maria Cross. By Donat O'Donnell. (Chatto & Windus. 21s.) IT is a relief to find a Catholic critic who does it the hard way; and does it brilliantly at that: Donat O'Donnell's......

Going Down

Caves of Adventure. By Haroun Tazieff. Translated from the French by Alan Hodge. (Hamish Hamilton, 12s. 6d.) CHILDHOOD experiences of the Cheddar Caves, visits later on to some......