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Two Chips

there was a chip of a lady diamond Who said 'Twinkle twinkle,' And a chip of a gentleman diamond Who said 'Twinkle twinkle,' And when they were fused into one By a large......

A Secret Understanding

NATHALIE SARRAIII Ifs three full-length novels have already been published here and the ap- pearance of Tropisms and The Age of Suspicion should clear up any last doubts about......

Novels

Before the Deluge 'Thu play was the last thing we ever did. . . . After that came the war.' This fairly gums up Martha Bacon's first novel, A Masque of Exile. The war is the......