20 MARCH 1942, page 18

A Theatre Pioneer

The Scene Is Changed. By Ashley Dukes. (Macmillan. 12s. 6d.) "How lucky we were,. we men now in the fifties, to have known what the world was like before 1914." So Mr. Ashley......

Books Of The Day

The New Society Conditions of Peace. By E. H. Carr. (Macmillan. 12s. 6d.) IN writing this book Professor Carr has rendered a great service. He designed it as a call for the lead......

Looking Backward

" ELLA MAILLART," says the casual reader, " wasn't she the girl who went with Peter Fleming across China? " But Ella Maillan has no need to stand on any one else's shoulders ;......