17 FEBRUARY 1939, page 28

Profile Of Picasso

Picasso. By Gertrude Stein. (Batsford. 75. 6d.) IN many important respects Miss Gertrude Stein is the perfect biographer for Picasso. A personal friendship of many years'......

The Dead Hand

Money to Burn : What the Great American Philanthropic Foundations Do with Their Money. By Horace Coon. (Longmans. 15s.) THE problem of mortmain in a capitalist society is always......

The Nation's Lifelines The Ocean Tramp. By Frank C. Hendry.

(Collins. 21s.) " IN time of war or emergency the existence and defence of the nation would largely depend upon the possession of sufficient tramp tonnage under the British......