17 MAY 1945, page 22

I Saw A City. By Norman Tiptaft. (cornish Bros., Birmingham.

7s. 6d.) ALDERMAN NORMAN TivrAFr has been a member of Birmingham City Council for twenty-five years. He was chairman of the Civil Defence Committee from 1938-41, Lord Mayor......

General Rowan-robinson Has Already Written Two Useful...

present war—Wavell in the Middle East and Auchinleck to Alexander. This, the third in the series, conforms to the same general plan. He takes up the story in the winter ,of 1942......

Shorter Notices ' Or In Love With Life. By Miss

Gordon Holmes. (Hollis and Carter. 155.) THE sub-title of Miss Gordon Holmes' autobiography is "A pioneer career woman's story," and an exciting adventure story it is for any......

Finance And Investment

by CUSTOS • • JUDGED as a whole the stock markets are standing up well to the political uncertainties, domestic and international, which now obscure the investment prospect.......