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New Novels

Balls and chains Maurice CAPITANCHIli From a Seaside Town Norman Levine (Mac- millan 36s) A Spy in the Family Alec Waugh (W. H. Allen 30s) A Beggar in Jerusalem Elie Wiesel......

Little And Late

JOEL HURSTFIELD Queen Elizabeth and the Revolt of the Netherlands Charles Wilson (Macmillan 50s) Some years ago, in a conversation with Pieter Geyl, the Dutch historian, I told......