12 JANUARY 1945, page 18

Fiction

Alien Corn. By Alfred Peries. (Allen and Unwin. 8s. 6d.) . Dmitri Donskoi. By Sergei Borodin. Translated by Eden and Cedar PauL (Hutchinson. 10s. 6d.) The Skaters' Waltz. By......

Country Life

A BLESSED or, some say, an accursed word is being steadily thru forward into publicity, as research promotes its significance. T word is hydroponics, which means, or is meant to......