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EN HUTTON, by Laurence Kitchen; Phoenix House, through A. H. and A. W. Reed, English price 5/-. A short biography of a great cricketer, written before he led England to victory in the 1953 Tests with Australia. [ HESAURUS, by Peter Mark Roget; Penguin Books, N.Z. price 6/6. An abridged edition of a famous work of reference. The abridgment "consists mainly in the omission of some terms and variants which may now be regarded as obsolete ... and certain technical, scientific and highly-specialised terms, together with a considerable proportion of foreign expressions. . ." (_RIME AND PUNISHMENT, by F. M. Dostoevsky, translated by Jessie Coulson; Oxford University Press, English price 16/-. A new translation, said
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 767, 2 April 1954, Page 14
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311ACKNOWLEDGMENTS New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 767, 2 April 1954, Page 14
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