A REFUGE IN KASHMIR IN 1947: Mr. H. E. Bates' new novel, The Scarlet Sword; Dr. A. J. Cronin's The Spanish Gardener
... may not, with its horrific subject, be as popular, but it does mark an advance in his style and in his effectively economical use of words. He still has his little foible of overworking one chosen word. The scene is a Catholic mission in Kashmir soon after ...