15 OCTOBER 1954, page 28

New Novels

The Bad Seed. By William March. (Hamish Hamilton. 10s. 6d.) The Fascinator. By Theodora Keogh. (Peter Davies. 12s. 6d.) A Dream of Treason. By Maurice Edelman. (Allan Wingate.......

Sailing Boats

In a Junk Across the Pacific. By E. Allen Petersen. (Elek. 15s.) THE square-rigged ship was, Mr. Villiers says,' the loveliest of all man's working creations,' and the claim is......