12 JANUARY 1945, page 14

Old And - Bold

IN his admirable introduction, Professor Gilbert Murray writes: " It was said of Walter Raleigh that he made a specially good Pro- fessor because he was really not suited to be......

The Biography Of A Theatre

FEW people under fifty years of age will remember all the glories of Daly's theatre in Leicester Square ; but this fascinating and well-written book is a history of Daly's from......

Mr. Nicolson's Causeries Du Vendredi

Friday Mornings. By Harold Nicolson. (Constable. 8s. 6d.) IT is natural to borrow the title of this review from St. Beuve. Mr. Nicols9n is the St. Beuve of our days. The......