4 OCTOBER 1963, page 20

The New France

France : Change and Tradition. By Stanley Hoffmann and others. (Gollancz, 42s.) IT is a curious paradox that in the distribution of topics in this book the American contributors......

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But for Beaumont-Hamel . . • BY JOHN BAYLEY . - r swain a theme and sought for it in vain' . the opening line of Yeats's poem is the candid cry of the professional bard, and it......