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Stations Of The War

THE Spanish Civil War • persists in literature and painting—as a symbol of futility and heroism, treachery and massive horrors—even more powerfully than either of the two Main......

Discourse And Actions

Charles 11. By Hesketh Pearson. (Heineman!' 21s.) CHARLES II is easily the most intelligent king i English history. His epigrams often incorporat very shrewd political analysis.......

Are Women Fools?

T HE WORDS are not meant to be insulting, but simply to put in the shortest possible form a question that might occur to a visitor from another planet where things were done......