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...WITHOUT QUALITIES, VOL. II (454 pp.)-Robert Musil-Coward-McCann...
LEOPARDS AND LILIES, by Alfred Duggan (278 pp.; Coward-McCann; $3.50), finds a veteran historical novelist taking the field for the English against France in the time of bad King John. Lady Margaret fitzGerold, a highborn widow, is forced into an unwelcome marriage with Sir Falkes de Brealte, a Norman bastard and the best crossbowman in all England. Margaret, a practical woman of 14, runs Falkes's castle, appreciates his long absences from home, and is only mildly annoyed when he scolds her for lowering the drawbridge too slowly. Lady Margaret survives the harrowing siege of Bedford...
Manhattan's McCann-Erickson had total billings of $106 million in 1953, according to Advertising Age, making it the fourth U.S. ad agency to top $100 million. J. Walter Thompson hit the $100 million mark in 1947, was joined by Young & Rubicam and Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn...
...LADY FOR RANSOM (274 pp.)] - Alfred Duggan - Coward-McCann...
Besieged by union and management representatives from its limping textile industry. Canada acted last week to increase tariffs against underpriced fabrics from abroad-mainly the U.S. Revenue Minister James McCann announced in the House of Commons that, under newly adopted customs rules, his office could apply special dumping duties on textiles sold in Canada for less than the "normal price" previously charged by manufacturers in their own countries. This was intended to meet a complaint that U.S. manufacturers sell end-of-season stocks in Canada at cost or less...