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John Bridcut On A Working Woman

A Working Life Polly Toynbee (Hodder and Stoughton £2.00) At first sight, this book seems to be the work of a starry-eyed idealist and to contain a wad of heart-rending social......

Auberon Waugh On A New Novel

Tolstoy Lives in I2N B9. Eric Geen (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 0.75) Mr Geen's novel arrived with one of the most fulsome recommendations I have ever read from his or any other......