19 DECEMBER 1970, page 23

New Novels

AUBERON WAUGH Mia Robert Nathan (W. H. Allen 30s) The Chosen Pla( e, the Timeless People Part One Paule Marshall (Longman 35s) Scarcely a novel has ever been written which would......

Short Notices

The Great Age of Fresco Millard Meiss (Phaidon £11). After the Florence flood of 1966 and by way of thanks from Italy to those who helped in the restoration of the Florentine......