10 NOVEMBER 1961, page 32

Halidom Days

HISTORICAL fiction for children becomes more respectable season by season. The dialogue is less cumbersome and there is less exploitation of famous incidents of the 'I was......

Gringo And His Brothers

Illampu. By Halms Radau. (Abelard-Schuman, 12s. 6(1.) Master of the Elephants. By Rene Guillot. (O.U.P., 10s. 6d.) The Young Traveller in China Today. By James Bertram.......