18 AUGUST 1961, page 23

Under Eastern Eyes

Dust on the Paw. By Robin Jenkins. (Macdonald, 18s.) The Key. By Junichiro Tanizaki. (Seeker and Warburg, 12s. 6d.) The Furnished Room. By Laura del-Rivo. (New Authors, 16s.)......

A New Banker's 'ramp'?

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT DOES history really repeat it- self? Only when our rulers are stupid enough not to learn from their predecessors' mistakes. Go back thirty years to another......