Fiction

The Dark Island. By Henry Treece. (Gollancz. 12s. 6d.) READERS of Mr. Powell's A Question of Upbringing are too deeply committed by the excellence of that opening volume to take......

A Poet In Solitude

Collected Poems : 1921-1951. By Edwin Muir. (Faber. 15s.) OF the poets of an older generation still living, there are not many who stand outside the group which has been......

Poor Little Woman

Louisa May Alcott. By Madeleine B. Stern. (Peter Nevill. 21s.) INTurnvE biographies need genius to succeed, but all that Miss Stern has to offer to the potentially splendid......

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