10 OCTOBER 1952, page 26

Fiction

The Commander Comes to Dine. By Mario Soldati. Translated from the Italian. (Lehmann. 12s. 6d.) FIVE sound, intelligent volumes of fiction. Each of them, I fancy, somebody's......

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Silver In Society

THE collector of old silver probably gets better all-round value from his acquisitions than the connoisseur of any of the other applied arts. As an investment silver is safer......

A Doubtful Quantity

Shaw's Corner. By Stephen Winsten. (Hutchinson. 18s.) THREE years ago, while Shaw was still alive, his neighbour, Mr. Stephen Winsten, published a book of conversations with him......