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Resurgat

The Easter Party. By V. Sackville-West. (Michael Joseph. 10s. 6d.) EVERY novel written by a poet is in one sense an allegory. If it moves him as a poet—and he has no business......

The Middle East

THE latest volume of the Chatham House Survey for the war years deals with the political developments of the Middle Eastern region (from Afghanistan to Morocco), which are......

- To Italy—by Aeroplane

An Italian Visit. By C. Day Lewis. (Jonathan Cape. 7s. 6d.) Tins will do. It is not what I like. I have lived all my life with a different kind of poetry ; and I am not going to......