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A Very Feminine Condition

Antonia Douro COUSIN ROSAMUND by Rebecca West Macmillan, £9.95 I n Cousin Rosamund Rebecca West con- tinues the saga of a set of dowdy, childish, over-sensitive virgins, fired......

Pedro, The Fisher Of Souls

Elizabeth Jennings THE LOST EMPIRE: THE STORY OF THE JESUITS IN ETHIOPIA by Philip Caraman Sidgwick & Jackson, £13.95 E thiopia is, of course, a potent word today; it conjures......