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A Culinary Genius

Portrait of a Chef. The Life of Alexis Soyer. By Helen Morris. (Cambridge University Press. rm. 6d.) " I PAUSE. I muse. I meditate. Where have I seen that face ? Where noted......

Mr. Heath Robinson Shows His Plant

My Line of Life. By W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by the Author. (Blackie. 15s.) Autobiography with a Difference. By R. H. Mottram. (Robert Hale. 12s. 6d.) Victorian Peepshow.......

The Black Coffin And The Well-born Man

Enemies of Promise. By Cyril Connolly. (Routledge. tzs. 6(1.) MR. CYRIL CONNOLLY is in a mess. He lives in a world in which a black coffin of the unemployed man who hasn't had......