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Peter Dickinson Charles Ives and His America Frank Rossiter (Gollancz £8.50) A great composer inevitably reveals the character of the society in which he grew up, both by what......

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L. Powys EBONY AND IVORY etc.: Stuart-Young s MERELY A NEGRESS etc; Mark Freshfield's STORMY DAWN. Edo Wallace's SANDERS novels. Contact Noble. 18 Downstde Cles., London N.W.3.......