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Malinke Boyhood

THE DARK CHILD. By Camara Laye. Translated by James Kirkup. (Collins, 12s. 6d.) WHY is this book of M. Laye's about his childhood and youth in French Guinea so moving? Partly,......

The Unused Virtue

THE WORLD OF DEW. By D. J. Enright. (Seeker and Warburg, 18s.) FIRST impressions of a new country usually have their own limited value, and there have been hundreds of books of......