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Boyars Will Be Boyars

The Prodigals. By Petru Dumitriu. (Collins, 25s.) The Trial of Callista Blake. By Edgar Pangborn. (Peter Davies, 21s.) BEFORE, during and after the wars which are their most......

Backstairs Boy

THE career of Ouvrard, the Ivar Kreuger of the Revolution and the Empire, deserves a goodbook. This isn't it. Written by a German business - man, it has the faults of amateur......

Mildew And Angels

James Stephens : A Selection. Introduced by Lloyd Frankenberg. (Macmillan, 30s.) MY introduction to James Stephens's work came at a Dublin party , some years ago when a man with......