16 OCTOBER 1964, page 24

Right Moments

The right moment doesn't come Ticking inevitably round like teatime. It's not a dental assistant saying: `Mr. Williams, were you waiting • For the right moment of the day? "......

Short Takes

Festival Night. By Cesare Pavese. Translated by E. A. Murch. (Peter Owen, 21s.) Lost Upon the Roundabouts. By A. L. Barker (Hogarth, 21s.) Stories from the London Magazine.......

Auld Song's End

If Freedom Fail. By Moray McLaren. (Seeker and Warburg, 42s.) THERE are two theories strongly held in Scotland about the Union of Parliaments. One is that gave the energy and......