19 JANUARY 1945, page 22

Autumn Fields. By Michael Home. (methuen. 12s. 6d.)...

Home's novels are unknown to the present reviewer, it is clear that this is an omission to be rectified as soon as possible. For Autumn Fields reveals the born writer. Of......

Shorter Notices

Augustus John. By John Rothenstein. (Phaidon Press. 20s.) NINETY—FIVE plates, four of them in colour, give a fair, entertaining view of Mr. John's merits and limits—his......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS FROM the steady rise which took place in banking deposits last year it was a tolerably safe assumption that bank profits would show a further moderate increase. For......