There, on the glabrous shores of a waterless sea, the fearsome inhuman armies of Man’s imagination made their last stand against the men who were no longer humanBy RAY BRADBURY19 min
ANADIAN RUGBY, a good game to play and a wonderful game to watch, is being ruined by Americanization. Now, don’t get me wrong. I like to see American boys come up here and play Canadian rugby. I’ve made some good friends among my football foes. I blame the officials who are beating our Canadian game out of shape with a rule book.
THE FAMILY stood about, all smiling broadly. Louis took the air rifle carefully into both hands, and held it gently before him with the slim shining barrel pointed upward and away from him. His cheeks flushed warmly. He allowed his eyes to carry down the spotless nickel-plating of the barrel, then over the works, the neat and trickylooking peep sight, and the slick repeater-action lever, marking and devouring each perfect detail.By GEORGE BABINEAU16 min
IN THE Vancouver Island backwoods settlement of Cobble Hill lives Rosamond Marshall who has written some of the sexiest novels on the market today. Cobble Hill, near Duncan, is so far off the beaten track that it is ignored by the retired brigadiers who populate the island’s gentler watering places.By EVA-US WUORIO13 min
Stewart MacPherson was a washout in Winnipeg but in Britain he’s the rajah of radio. He talked a stake of $7 into $80,000 a yearBy LESTER MATTHEWS11 min
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