11 NOVEMBER 1966, page 28

In The Picture

THE aggregate of this autumn's picture-books is altogether less impressive than some of its parts —a criticism that has obtained for several years now. This branch of literature......

The Dreaming Child

To read through a collection of contem- porary stories for older children in the over-eleven group is, in some ways, a hearten- ing exercise. If idiom changes, it is only to......

Solution To Crossword No. 1246

ACROSS.-z Cockle. 4 Strapper. 8 Havering. to Strops. 52 Ranch. 13 Greenwood. 14 So far. 16 Totem-pole. z7 Carinthia. 59 Casks. 21 Philander. 22 Rumba. 24 Puruca. 25 Swearing. 26......

Crossword No. 1247

ACROSS z. Plaintive childish cry for fruit? (6) 4. That vein King ! (8) 9. What's a kiss among the boys to our ancestors? (6) to. His harp was carried by an orphan boy (8) 12.......