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Corporation Wife, By

Catherine Gaskin. What it is like to >e married into an American corpora ion, to live in a corporation town tnd to learn to look upon the orporation as God. (Fontana; 80c.)

Northwest Passage, By

Cenneth Roberts. The classic novel if America before it became the Jnited States. The hero is Major logers but his attempt to find the aythical North-West Passage to India nd riches is only part of the saga if earliest North American pioneer ag. (Fontana; 90c.)

Our Mother’S House, By

ulian Gloag. When a mother dies, er seven young children, all jrrified of the unknown horrors of n orphanage, decide to bury her i the garden and pretend to the mrld that she is ill and can’t be ;en. (Pan; 80c.)

The Flowers Of The

OREST, by Elizabeth Byrd, ixteenth century Scottish history, 'hen the Scots had a King of their wn and the King a Queen — largaret Tudor—who was furiously jalous of his mistresses. (Pan; 80c.)

The Ragman’S Daughter,

y Alan Sillitoe. A collection of cries based on that most fashion ble of all facets of contemporary nglish life—the lower classes.

Pan; 60c.) THE GIFTS and Other Stories. . collection from famous writers— tells, Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, laupassant among them—abridged ad simplified by Anthony Toyne for udents of English. (Oxford Uni jrsity Press; 70c.)

Beyond The Chindwin, By

ernard Fergusson. This account of le adventures of the Number Five olumn of the Wingate Expedition ito Burma in 1943 was first pub shed in 1945. It has run into many iitions since. The author was a [ember of Five Column and his aok is regarded as one of the best ever to be written about ingle warfare. (Fontana; 60c.) hrillers And Crime

The Drowner, By John D.

[acdonald, regarded as the doyen of riters of the tough American school : crime. (Pan; 60c.)

The Long Saturday Night

And Stain Of Suspicion, By

Charles Williams, who is following in Macdonald’s footsteps. (Pan; 40c and 60c.)

Modesty Blaise, By Peter

O’Donnell. This James Bond-ess leaves behind her a trail of men spattered all over the sidewalks or crumpled at the bottom of cliffs with broken necks. The trend in with-it crime fiction—written, filmed or televised—is to the eminently bed-worthy female who is still more deadly than the male with a knuckle duster, automatic or karate. (Pan; 60c.)

Why Didn’T They Ask

Evans And Dead Man’S Folly,

by Agatha Christie, may seem tame in comparison with the above—but Poirot and Miss Marples are still going strong after 40 years, and it will be a miracle if Modesty is still cracking necks in 2006. (Fontana and Pan; 60c each.) Non-Fiction

Road To Volgograd, By

Alan Sillitoe (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, etc.). Although this is an account of the author’s visit to the Soviet Union the descrip tion “factual” doesn’t seem to meet the bill. The prose seems to be more fitted to a novel. However, as the blurb says, he brings an uninhibited eye and ear to bear on Russia. (Pan; 60c.) ON SAFARI, by Armand Denis.

Reviewed in the original edition in 1963. Mostly about Africa, a little about New Guinea—where Terri torians told him a lot of strange things about head-hunters. (Fontana; 90c.) MODERN DANCING, by Nornie Dwyer, who runs a dancing school in London. Do it yourself instruc tions for everything from the waltz to the twist. (Pan; 80c.)

Needlework And Em

BROIDERY, by Winifred Butler.

Basic sewing, embroidery, knitting and home furnishing techniques for the less vigorous hobbyist. Illustra ted. (Pan; 80c.)

The Sixth Sense And The

INFINITE HIVE, by Rosalind Heywood. Both about extra sensory perception—a term covering a wide

range of human experiences for which no physical cause has yet been found. (Pan; 80c each.)

The Student Guide To

BRITAIN, by Helen Pickthorn, MA.

As the title indicates, this is a guide for the thousands of overseas students in Britain. It covers accommodation, costs, social life and customs, enter tainment, welfare services, educa tional facilities universities, tech nical institutions and specialist schools, etc. Correct up to Novem ber, 1965. (Pan Original; 80c.)

Through Gates Of

SPLENDOUR, by Elizabeth Elliot.

The author is the widow of one of five young American missionaries who were killed by the Auca Indians of Ecuador where they were carry ing on their work. (Hodder; 75c.)

Educating Your Dog, By

Monty Hamilton-Wilkes, a recog nised expert on animal training and care. This booklet is designed for both the average dog owner who merely wants pleasure and com panionship from his dog, and for the owner who enters in obedience com petitions. Judging by the number of uneducated hounds abroad these days it might be a good thing to hand something of this sort out to all owners of new pups. Illustrated. (Horwitz, distributed by Ure Smith; SI.)

Frontiers Of Science And

More Frontiers Of Science

provide in popular strip cartoon form, potted outlines of the problems and reaseaches currently engaging the attention of scientists.

The contents of the two books first appeared in the newspaper strip, Frontiers of Science, which is now published in more than 100 news papers—a tribute to its scientific adviser, Professor Stuart Butler, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Sydney University, and Robert Raymond, a Sydney TV producer, who writes the text. The artist is Andrea Bresciani.

With subjects as diverse as the theory of probability and the popula tion explosion, the books provide excellent fare as conversation starters at a cocktail party or for fathers wishing to keep up with their sons. (Horwitz; 60c each).