Upon The Midnight. Edited By R. C. Bull. (macdonald, 15s.)
Haunting is not, so far as one knows, a crime, and so it may be that ghost stories have no place here, but room must be found to commend this anthology of the grue- some and the......
Smiling Doo Some Dogs Have A Powerfully Developed Sense Of
smell which is said to compensate them for indifferent sight. Cocker spaniels hunt by scent and sometimes ignore the evidence before their eyes, as I have noticed on several......
It's A Crime
Right for Murder. By Lionel White. (Board- man, 10s. 6d.) One of those Meek Little Men —they occur even in New York—gets himself Involved in the hi-jacking of his own firm's......
Rose Planting November Is The Hest Month For Planting Or
moving a rose, the ground rarely being dangerously frosted and not often waterlogged. Clay soil may be thought to be the best grotind for a rose bed, but medium loam. rich in......
Written, With Some Amused Glances At The New York Theatre,
the ladies that adorn it, the neurotics that write for it and the rich polo- players that subsidise it. Well worth a curtain-call.......
Maiden's Prayer. By Joan Fleming. (collins, 10s. 6d.)...
spinster is taken for a sucker by smooth-tongued spiv in a most pleasing and probable tale that is completely non-violent and yet continuously exciting. Miss Fleming goes on......
Chess
By PHILIDOR No. 125. B. J. da C. ANDRADE (`Tablet,' 1957) BLACK (6 men) WHITE (,8 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem......
The Twenty-third Man. By Gladys Mitchell. (michael...
As that tiresome old trout Dame Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley becomes noticeably less grotesque and more human, her creator's backgrounds become ever more bizarre. This time,......
Burnt Offering. By Francis Richards. (hutchin- Son, 12s....
bigwig of small New England community is fried to a crisp and the quiet New York captain of police goes into the problem of who did it almost under his breath. 'Francis......
Mercy Killing
It has been noticed that jackdaws show great con- cern for a stricken member of their community and that, when this bird's condition seems acute, the rest put it out of its......
Country Life
By IAN NIALL PADDLE-FOOTED birds, ducks and seagulls are fitting enough creatures in their natural element. Ducks make a slippery, slimy mess at the edge of a pond but not much......
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