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The Rivals

By JOHN HOLLOWAY rrinE present state of comedy is no laughing I matter. On the stage, our preferences are for absurdity and violence: producing Congreve or Sheridan tends to be......

The Downfall Of The Liberal Party, 1914-1935. By Trevor...

(Collins, 42s.) The Liberals—What Happened? THE jubilee of the Historical Association has, perhaps rather unexpectedly, provided the oppor- tunity for a rousing exhortation to......