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  2. SCOTS and SCOTLAND

    IF, IT HAS BEEN SAID, YOU PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN THE ENGINE ROOM OF SHIPS IN ANY port of the world and call "Mac," a Scotsman will answer. This may be as legendary as the stories (said to be Scots invented) about the nearness of the Aberdonian. But it does serve to demonstrate the world-wide migratory habit of the Scot and the grip he gets on the industry, trade and commerce of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 797 words
  3. About Gilbert and Sullivan: Leslie Baily's Picture Book

    LESLIE BAILY'S "GILBERT AND SULLIVAN BOOK" (CASSELL: LONDON price 42) equals in bulk a couple of biographies and includes. 400-500 illustrations. It solves old mysteries and is completely readable. IT DRAWS ON DOCUMENTS ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 911 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN BUSH BALLADS:

    IN ALL COUNTRIES THE BALLAD BELONGS TO THE PRIMITIVE stage of civilisation when boundaries are not settled. So it was for centuries on the borders between England and Scotland that lawless men, if they had the power, wreaked their vengeance at will on man and beast. [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,123 words
  5. The Deep Scars of War: Airman's Stinging Book

    TIME HEALS THE WOUNDS, BUT SHARPENS THE MEMORY. Thus the trend in war books, seven years after the conflict, is towards suffering and more remote from adventure. MUCH THE SAME THING ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,040 words
  6. The American Short Story Strength and Weaknesses

    THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY IS IN A GENRE ALL OF ITS own. Although there are observable likenesses to those of other nations, the differences are acute. In this collection -- "Mixed Company," by Irwin Shaw, (Jonathan Cape, London, Australian price 189) -- the strength ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 684 words
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