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The Ameri Can Lodger

Alarms and Diversions. By James Thurber. (Hamish Hamilton, 18s.) POPPING up from behind the most 'contemporary' furnishings of American minds—Manhattan, Hollywood, Pentagon......

Books From My Stocking

The Concise Encyclopedia of English Pottery and Porcelain. By Wolf Mankowitz and Reginald G. Haggar. (Andre Deutsch, 6 gns.) The Small House Today and Tomorrow. 13Y Arnold......