... cover many subjects, such as death and rebirth, the nature of man, suffering and life in the world. On all of them the Sage speaks with wisdom and considerable humanity. Some of the dialogues have a humour all their own: Devotee: I have a toothache. Is ...

... capable of doing is to spe; the blank verse of Shakespeare unaffectedly, as boys and underg; dilates have often been heard to speak it, trusting that given a good 'livery of the verse the interest of drama and character auto matical i follow. Mr. Richardson ...

... before Albeniz's Iberia and also includes music originally written for piano. Here is a fine example of a French composer speaking Spanish as fluently and convincingly as a native and, by saying a great deal more in the end, proving the point I made at ...

... a permanent means of establishing contact between jurists from all African states, especially between French- and English-speaking jurists. Osagyefo Dr. Nkrumah. President of the Republic of Ghana, who declared the conference open, said that law, to be ...

... Howard St. John) in Atlanta, Georgia. This is perfectly O.K. by me, too but it appals me that Mr. Cagney might be understood to speak for the average American when he makes such cracks as I wouldn't touch a Russian with a 1 0-foot pole and I wouldn't touch ...

... leading ladies are ver legant charmers and handle their love affairs with a certain discreti There are at present no manners to speak of and hardly any morals id we are not surprised to learn from Miss Dundy that back stage tl mailer and the youngest of the ...

... with M and venture into the unknown with X but as he drones relentlessly on about their relation ship, the past of, which he speaks mingles with the present in which she exists and she becomes sufficiently confused to believe herself committed to an elopement ...

... and full of vitality. Mr. Hall writes with considerable gusto and his book is as readable as young leaves are green. DON'T SPEAK TO STRANGERS (Mac- niillan. 13s. 6d. by Miss G. R. McCallum, is another first novel, this time from Australia: a touching, ...

... story of Rosacoke Mustian and Wesley Beavers, and by their very names you are likely to know whether their story is going to speak to you or not. The Wreathed Head, by Christine de Rivoyre translated by Patrick O'Brian, is an extraordinarily man nered, ...

... those who, like Somerset Maugham, J. B. Priestley and Elizabeth Bowen, admire his astringent brilliance. In RAYMOND CHANDLER SPEAKING (Hamish Hamilton. 21s.) we have a collection of his letters, the first chapters of the book on which he was working at his ...

... yellow fluid which, since sprat diet, smells just like sardine oil before, it had a sickly-sweet smell, a bit like a flower. Speaking on behalf of all those who are scared to death by the mere idea of a bird in the room, I admire this bold, controlled, scientific ...

... paper-backs, with pride of place going perhaps to the first two volumes of Sir Winston Churchill's HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE. Both are published by Cassell at 10s. net. Volume I, The Birth of Britain, takes us to the end of the reign of Richard ...