15 NOVEMBER 1940, page 22

This Is Another Of Mr. Newman's Amiable Travelogues, True...

dants of that minor Edwardian classic, Round the World on a Wheel. Mr. Newman travels by bicycle for five shillings a day, usually choosing for his excursions countries under......

Shorter Notices

THIS twopence-coloured biography skims brightly over the sur- face of Knox's life. There is plenty of chat about Mistress Elizabeth and Mistress Anne, about dances at Holyrood......

. Fiction

Ask Me Tomorrow comes rather daringly, with its evocation of a period most of us knew, lived through and thought little of, but which—since it was our youth—we still hold in......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS INVESTMENT markets are in an interesting phase. For the moment the emphasis has shifted fro:n gilt-edged to equities, not because of any widespread inflation fears but......