13 MAY 1960, page 22

Waterloo—and After

Waterloo. By John Naylor. (Batsford, 21s.) The Last Years of Napoleon. By Ralph Korn- gold. (Gollancz, 25s.) The St. Helena Story. By Dame Mabel Brookes. (Heinemann, 30s.)......

Wit, Of Course

_ Poems. By William Plomer. (Cape, 18s.) LONG, long before consolidation was the cry, long before the Movement, William Plomer was writing verses that kept a tight rein on both......