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Surgical Ward : Men

Something occurred after the operation To scare the surgeons (though no fault of theirs) Whose reassurance did not fool me long. Beyond the shy, concerned faces of nurses A......

Books

Big Stores and People's Palaces BY MARGHANITA LASKI T o start with a point about which there can be very little disagreement : Reginald Pound has Written a very competent......

Mayday On Holderness

This evening, motherly summer moves in the pond. I look down into the decomposition of leaves— The furnace door whirling with larva:. From Hull's sunset smudge Humber is melting......