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Wanderer

The Lost Footsteps. By Silviu Craciunas. (Collins, 21s.) The Lost Footsteps. By Silviu Craciunas. (Collins, 21s.) HE fled through his own land like a defeated prince, succoured......

Due Praise

THE reviewer of a Festschrift too often finds it necessary to concentrate on the merits of the recipient, in order to be able to pass over in decent silence the pious mediocrity......

A Fly Like Thee

The House of Five Talents. By Louis Auchin- doss. (Gollancz, 18s.) ABLE novelists do not need to work with the aid of special situations, special 'character- adhesives,' such as......