17 JUNE 1938, page 34

Russia In Black And White

G.P.U. Justice. By Maurice Edelman. (Allen and Unwin. 6s.) THE spring season has brought the usual efflorescence—rather less abundant than in recent years—of books that tell the......

Five Lives .

Among Others. By Lord Elton. (Collins. t5s.) THERE is something slightly invidious about reviewing an auto- biography, for neither author nor reader can regard it purely as a......