14 MAY 1965, page 25

A Welsh Elegy

Ly , tside the House of Baal. By Emyr Humphreys. nib , (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 30s.) 14 1112 HUIVIPHREXS is one of the most gifted of 's ntemporary novelists. He has an......

Chess

By PHILIDOR 230. C. MANSFIELD (1st Prize, Evening Standard, 1930) BLACK (6 men) WHITE (to men) 1 !I rt: to play and mate in two moves; solution next k. Solution to No. 229......

Novels

Zentimental Journey. Olura. By Geoffrey Household. (Michael Joseph, 25s.) I WAS recently reminded by a waspish fellow- journalist that I had praised Morris -West's first novel......