10 JANUARY 1941, page 20

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS NOBODY should be surprised at a moderate fall in banking profits. Gross earnings in 1940 were doubtless helped by. the use of a substantially larger volume of......

The Colours Of Their Trade

Exit to Music. By Neal Shepherd. (Constable. 75. 6d.) Now that the redoubtable Mrs. Bradley seems to be feeling her years, a new psychiatrist-detective is very welcome upon the......

From Plough To Press Room

Land Truant. By Crichton Porteous. (Harrap. 8s. 6d.) Land Truant is the third part of Mr. Crichton Porteous' auto- biographical trilogy of the land. In the first, Farmer's......

The Ten Pamphlets On British Institutions Published By...

which were the subject of Mr. G. M. Young's article, "A Fair Picture," in The Spectator of January 3rd, were pre- pared by the British Council.......