18 MARCH 1960, page 22

Johnson In Shadow

New Light on Dr. Johnson. Essays on the Occa- sion of his 250th Birthday. Edited by Frederick W. Hilles. (O.U.P., 48s.) I HAVE just read an essay on Johnson's Journey to the......

Human Persons

Du Barry. By Stanley Loomis. (Cape, 28s.) APART from the discovery of fresh material there seems little serious reason for another biography of Rimbaud for a while, but Mrs.......