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Art And Anecdote

THE BAY IS NOT NAPLES. By Anna Maria Ortese. (Collins, 10s. 6d.) THE SANDWICHES ARE WAITING. And Other Stories. By Jan e McClure. (Collins, 10s. 6d.) F re d THE LAUNDRY GIRL AND......

New Novels

`To Shakhat and his seed, the males, for ever.' So reads the dedication of a tomb on the hillside above Palmyra, in stark non• classical contrast to the tall Corinthian......