24 DECEMBER 1943, page 18

Country Life

SINCE the fact cannot be ignored, it may be as well to state openly that countrymen in very many districts are seriously alarmed by the activities of the Town and Country......

Shorter Notices

The Machiavellians. By James Burnham. (Putnam. 7s. 6d.) To wish that your enemy had written a book may have been enough in Old Testament days, but today how much better to wish......

Trees In Britain. By S. R. Badmin. (puffin Picture Books.

9d.) A.B.C. By D. M. Chapman. (Baby Puffin Books. 9d.)—Counting Book. By D. M. Chapman. (Baby Puffin Books. 9d.)—It's Nice To Be Me. Poems by D. E. Stevenson. Illustrated by......

These Unpretentious Sketches, Based On Contributions To...

Puma!, contain more sense about the real and lasting problems of the Highlands than many more ambitious surveys. Mr. MacDonald was born on a croft, and worked on it till he was......