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Amphibious Jeep

HALF-SAFE. By Ben Carlin. (Andre Deutsch, 16s.) BEN CARLIN is an Australian and he writes in the way tha t Australians speak—out of the back of the mouth, without muc h emphasis......

A General History

ENGLAND IN THE REIGNS OF JAMES II AND WILLIAM III. By 5- , ° Ogg. (O.U.P., 50s.) MR. OGG is a very brave man. In three massive volumes, of willch t England in the Reigns of......

Privateering Doctor

DR. QUICKSILVER: LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMAS DOVER, M•D' 1660-1742. By L. A. G. Strong. (Melrose, 21s.) THIS grandson of Captain Robert Dover, founder of Olympic Games in the......