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Chess

P. OVERKAMP (1st equal, Magasinet, 1957) BLACK (10 men) WHITE (8 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution ne x t week. Solution to the last problem by Wirtanen . Q-R......

Stranger Than Truth

Great World Mysteries. By Eric Frank Russell. (Dennis Dobson, 16s.) Fallen Star. By James Blish. (Faber, 15s.) PROFESSOR AUDEN has recently pointed out that the virtue of......

New Novels

The Sword of Pleasure. By Peter Green. (John M urray, 16s.) The Man on the Beach. By David Stuart Leslie. (Hutchinson, 15s.) The Homeward Run. By Joachim Lehnhoff. (Weidenfeld......