... PICASSO Through the Eyes of His Friend Jaime Sabartes Pablo Ruiz Picasso, born at Malaga in 1881, the son of Basque parents, ranks with Cézanne as a supreme innovator. He has been an originator and leader of most of the new departures in painting since 1910. His art has passed through many phases. There are the lovely, if senti mental, paintings of his Blue Period of 1901-04; the Rose period ...

... IT is not the easiest of tasks to write about a man during his life-time. More especially if he is, at the moment, holding high public office. THE BIOGRAPHY OF SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS (Heine mann. 21s.) is by an American, Mr. Eric Estorick, who makes up in industriousness what he may lack in verve. A biographer, of course, should take a positive line, and Mr. Estorick's is a clear and unequivocal ...