27 OCTOBER 1939, Page 34

It Could Never Have Happened. By Alice M. Head. (Heine-

mann. 8s. 6d.)

THIS is a kindly record of the distinguished persons Miss Head has met, the meals she has consumed, the travels and purchases she has made, in the service of her employer, Mr. William Randolph Hearst. The most amiable of writing and the lightest of reading.