19 JANUARY 1962, page 22

Gardener In Glass

JOSEPH PAXTON was a gardener in the grand manner. He was also an inventor and ad- ministrator and he had a gift for friendship with all sorts of people. He was born in 1803, the......

Metaliterary

X, Vol. 1, 1960-61. (Barrie and Rockliff, 32s. 6d.) ARE the times really so bad for the literary maga- zine? These two Bumper Books have an opulence in their production which,......

Sad Gothic Privacy

Bebo's Girl, By Carlo Cassola. Translated by Marguerite Waldman. (Collins, 16s.) The Shame of our Wounds. By Arthur Roth. (Hutchinson, 16s.J A Small Armageddon. By Mordecai......