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A Great Imperial Warrior

Hugh Cecil THE KITCHENER ENIGMA by Trevor Royle Michael Joseph, £15 A fter a course of years every soldier acquires more or less insanity; the result of his moral training,' the......

Magpike

Like plump, unfinished swans clouds drift Headless just beneath the gloss Of pond where willow-branches shift Very gently, under glass. Deeper, on pond-bed, you see The little......