CANADA: You're Welcome

Two bright-witted, toothy British youngsters last week raised merry hell with British-Canadian relations. In the first frantic days of the war Caroline and Eddie Bell were shipped off to Canada by their Oxford don father who admonished them that "you can't lay the flattery and gratitude on too thick—they love it." After a year in Canada and the U. S. the children couldn't stand it any longer, authored a book entitled Thank You Twice (Harcourt, Brace; $1). This time they heeded the admonition of their publisher to "pull no punches," said precisely what they thought.

As delightful as it is tactless,...

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