22 NOVEMBER 1957, page 60

Literary Games

The Apothecary's Shop. By D. J. Enright. (Seeker and Warburg, 2 s.) Contexts of Criticism. By Harry Levin. (Har- vard: O.U.P., 30s.) WHILE Mr. Enright was lecturing in Japan he......

Nastier Under Scrutiny

George III and the Historians. By Herbert Butter- field. (Collins, 21s.) IN this new book Professor Butterfield estimates the value of the most recent passage in the......

Christmas Reprints

Stendhal's Love [de ['Amour] (Merlin Press, 21s.); Plutarch's Moralia (Heinemann : Loeb Classical Library, 15s.); Conrad's Under Western Eyes (Penguin, 3s. 6d.) and Almayers......