23 JUNE 1961, page 28

Cornucopia

The Adonis Garden. By Daphne Fielding. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 16s.) RATHER more than six years ago Mrs. Fielding published Mercury Presides, a highly enjoyable volume of......

Out Of The Labyrinth

Henry's Wife. By Ralph Ricketts. (Chapman and Hall, 15s.) THE impressive build-up given to Andre Gorz's The Traitor is enough to intimidate any critic. Who am I to argue it out......

Grubby Giant

George Gissing and MG. Wells. Edited by Roy A. Gettman. (Hart-Davis, 25s.) IF GISSING is a great writer (and there is a sense in which he is) it is because the greatness of hit......