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Ring Round The Bull

Gates of Fear. By Barnaby Conrad. (Michael Joseph, 35s.) The Horn and the Sword. By J. R. Conrad. (MacGibbon and Kee, 25s.) BARNA131' CONRAD 1S an American aficionado and......

Escape And Satire

WHEN the first volume of this new translation 01 I f Casanova's memoirs appeared some months ae j I was struck by two things : by the vigour at' excellence of the narrative, and......

Elizabeth Revisited

The Reign of Elizabeth, 1558-1603. By J. B. Black. (Oxford History of England, 35s.) Six volumes of the Oxford History of England have now gone into a second edition, Professor......