15 JULY 1955, page 26

New Novels

SON OF A SMALLER HERO. By Mordecai Richter. (Deutsch, 12s. 6d.) MR. RICHLER has been busy confirming the potential he showed in 'The Acrobats. His second novel contains a deal......

Two Unpretentious Authors

LAURELS AND ROSEMARY. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM AND MARY Howirr. By Amice Lee. (O.U.P., 30s.) BORN into the Society of Friends in 1799, Mary Howitt died a Catholic at Rome in 1888; on......

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The Dark Side

BAVARIAN FANTASY: THE STORY OF LUDWIG II. By Desmond Chapman-Huston. Edited by Osyth Leeston. (Murray, 25s.) To those with the romantic temperament Ludwig II will always be an......