22 AUGUST 1947, page 22

Fanny By Footlights

MR. Gleas's choice of a subject is admirable. This observation reminds me unpleasantly of my rather misguided although courageous appearance as a soloist at a Welsh eisteddfod......

Picture Of The Persian Gulf

The Sand Kings of Oman. By Raymond O'Shea. (Methuen. 12s. 6d.) THE author of this book (who, his publishers say, followed in the wake of Doughty, St. John Philby, Freya Stark,......

Canadian Testimony

Missing from the Record. By Colonel Dick Malone. (Collins. 12s. 6d.) "THE history of all coalitions is a tale of the reciprocal complaints of allies." So wrote an eminent......