11 AUGUST 1967, page 15

Over The Water

DAVID WILLIAMS Sourly commenting in 1594 on the Englishman's passion for living abroad, Thomas Nashe asks: 'What is there in Fraunce to bee learned more than in England, but......

Racine's Art

MARTIN TURNELL Racine or The Triumph of Relevance Odette de Mourgues (cur , : hard cover, 30s; paper- back, 12s 6d) With the exception of Moliere, the classic French dramatists......

Jazzmen

PHILIP LARKIN This is an absorbing book in more ways than tine. Primarily it is an account of the careers and aims of four jazzmen--not, in fact, be- boppers, despite the......