IN THIS VOLUME

VET IN HARNESS by James Herriot (p. 11)

From his small town somewhere in the Yorkshire Dales James Herriot brings us more hilarious and heart-warming tales of his life as a young vet before the war. To the gallery of memorable characters described in his All Creatures Great and Small must surely now be added little Mrs Dalby, whose courage brought her through adversities that would have daunted many a strong man; and the inimitable Granville Bennett, master surgeon and bon viveur. Married now, the young Herriot found new joys in life. There was the fun of visiting furniniture sales for "bargains". There were home comforts, too, undreamed-of in his bachelor days.

THE WILL OF MAGDA TOWNSEND by Margaret Culkin Banning (p. 205)

Still vibrantly alive at eighty, a successful novelist relives her past as she makes her will. Magda Townsend has known triumph and tragedy —a disastrous first marriage to a dashing, ineffectual young man, the joys of motherhood, the shock of bereavement, and a late marriage to the man she truly loved. Here, by one of America's best-loved writers, is the compelling portrait of a woman brave enough to affirm her life in all its vicissitudes, one whose final bequest is surely her greatest gift of all.

LION IN THE EVENING by Alan Scholefield (p. 341)

British East Africa during World War I is the setting of this taut, exciting novel. The British rush to complete a vital railway link, but progress is hindered by the depredations of two man-eating lions. While the hungry animals prowl and kill, and the colony slowly bleeds to death under German attack, two men face the greatest challenge of their careers: Colonel Frederick Storey, once a famous white hunter, and Richard Ken-don, an American engineer caught in a war not his own.

THE STEPFORD WIVES by Ira Levin (p. 465)

Stepford's secret was safe; in this ideal community-where the men were talented and prosperous, where the women were not only beautiful but also splendid house-keepers— who would credit what Joanna had begun to suspect? Yet the evil that dominated the lives of the women of Stepford was as obvious as the town's sunlit streets, as well organized as its neat houses.

THE INNOCENT SAVAGE by R. Wilkes Hunter (p. 123)

Caught once again in the backlash of an act of primitive violence the Aboriginal Merara found his mind spinning back, in shock and terror, to an earlier crime. Then murder had not only deprived him of his tribal heritage but had also wrenched his whole existence off course. This time, his overwhelming need was to escape ... A fast-moving drama set in the savage ranges of the Northern Territory.