20 DECEMBER 1946, page 10

The Risk

MISTRESS and wife should be twain, Said Montaigne ere he died of the stone, And marriages made upon earth For what they are worth. But we, Husband and wife, Foolish, unknown,......

The Toys

By HELEN MacGREGOR T HE annual pre-Christmas great wail about the quality of children's books and toys is audible as usual. " Quite too frightful, my dear," greets these Britain......

Out Of Tauchnitz

By H. G. DANIELS A FEW days ago I went into a bookseller's shop in Zurich and asked to see his stock of Tauchnitz. He took me into a dark corner of the shop, and let me browse......